Sound Quotes
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Her cry was the saddest sound of orgasm that I had ever heard.
Haruki Murakami
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I liked the sound of the word 'snail' every time I said it; the word was as small and simple as the creature itself.
Elisabeth Tova Bailey
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Motown wasn't just pioneering a sound but a cultural dynamic.
Suzanne de Passe
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I've been thinking about songwriting more in terms of playing it live, and how it will sound as a band.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
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Every artist has a very particular sound and style.
Ali Shirazinia
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I like working with sound; sound and rhythm. I like the abstract more than "What does that mean?" Nobody ever says to you, "Why did you use a harmonium?" Or "What is that ringing sound that occurs here?" The questions are always "What does that song mean?" or "What were you trying to say here?"
Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel
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You can say that Wayne Coyne sounds like Neil Young.
Mike Lowry
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Social Engineering - The art of replacing what works with what sounds good.
Thomas Sowell
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Rumor and gossip, like sound itself, appear to travel by wave-effect, sheer preposterosity being no barrier.
Shana Alexander
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Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what's going on, the movie should work.
Willem Dafoe
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It was good just to see each other every so often to hear the mad sound of the brain of one echo in the mad sound of the brain of the other.
Elena Ferrante
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And the odd think in Dad's voice was the sound truth makes being said.
Ray Bradbury
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Tis because we be on a blighted star, and not a sound one, isn't it Tess?
Thomas Hardy
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I don't suppose anybody ever deliberately listens to a watch or a clock. You don't have to. You can be oblivious to the sound for a long while, then in a second of ticking it can create in the mind unbroken the long diminishing parade of time you didn't hear.
William Faulkner
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A sound mind in a manly body.
Homer
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It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.
Bryan Ferry Roxy Music
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'What would be better for us to believe!' This sounds very like a definition of truth
William James
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If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song.
Stephen Sondheim
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These things which are made of light and grammar and sound that come chirping and squealing and tumbling toward you. 'Hooray! Welcome! You're here!', and in my case, 'You send so many and you come so rarely!'
Terence McKenna
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There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process.
Richard Masur
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I've always liked to be on my own, since I was young. I like the sound of a quiet place. It helps me focus.
Caster Semenya
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I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sound contribute toward me.
Walt Whitman
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Most people that book me want me to sound like me, so like I said before, I have a style. But for my sake I try not to keep redoing the same thing. Once again it’s down to the song and what I hear for it. I find it a good challenge!
Stu G
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Sound is your friend because sound is much cheaper than picture, but it has equal effect on the audience – in some ways, perhaps more effect because it does it in a very indirect way.
Francis Ford Coppola