Voice Quotes
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... we performers are monsters. We are a totally different, far-out race of people. I totally and completely admit, with no qualmsat all, my egomania, my selfishness, coupled with a really magnificent voice.
Leontyne Price
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Give voice to what you know to be true, and do not be afraid of being disliked or exiled. I think that's the hard work of standing up for what you see.
Eve Ensler
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A murmuring, fateful, giant voice, out of the earth and sky, Voice of a mighty dying tree in the Redwood forest dense... The wood-spirits came from their haunts of a thousand years, to join the refrain; But in my soul I plainly heard. Murmuring out of its myriad leaves, Down from its lofty top, rising two hundred feet high, Out of its stalwart trunk and limbs - out of its foot-thick bark, That chant of the seasons and time - chant, not of the past only, but of the future.
Walt Whitman
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A defective voice will always preclude an artist from achieving the complete development of his art, however intelligent he may be.... The voice is an instrument which the artist must learn to use with suppleness and sureness, as if it were a limb.
Sarah Bernhardt
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She immediately barges her way in ... escalating her voice, and shoves Lorenzo into the wall.
Brian Baker Bad Religion
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If you think of the way Howlin' Wolf made records, you get the feeling there wasn't a production manager onsite, or a publicist having his say on how he should sing the songs. When you listen to his records, you feel like you're tapping into his voice.
M. Ward
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I learned what I could do with my voice on stages and because of the people that I was around. It wasn't me sitting in a room by myself. I didn't know what I was doing. I was figuring it out on the fly.
Mike Patton Faith No More
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Your life on earth will be, as always, the interval between two significant glances in a mundane mirror.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Each author has his or her own voice. I read each book slowly so I can see the patterns they use to spread out the garden of earthly delights.
Barbara Rosenblat
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On things like the minimum wage, where cities as well as states are increasingly looking at income disparity, mayors will have, I think, a very strong voice.
Eric Garcetti
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I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison unless it is under the discipline of music.
Flannery O'Connor
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It's easy to hear the voices of others and often very difficult to hear your own. Every person you meet is going to want something different from you. The question is: what do you want for yourself?
Beyonce Destiny's Child
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Yes Leopold," Eleanor said in a low, mocking voice. "Do start to shine, please. I think I saw the rising, but I definitely missed the shining.
Eloisa James
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The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity.
Willa Cather
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The Pole listening to Chopin listens to the voice of his whole race.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
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The voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers.
Zitkala-Sa
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A woman with opinions had better develop a thick skin and a loud voice.
Anya Seton
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I just feel like giving people a voice to something.
Taylor Dye
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If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void
Barack Obama
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I think we've been doing it for a while now that I can sort of imagine her voice in my head when I'm writing these lyrics and creating these melodies. It's a really cool thing to imagine what it's going to sound like and then make it become reality. I always find that Leigh meets that reality and exceeds it, or adds to it.
Matt Slocum Sixpence None the Richer
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I wanted to sing songs that my voice was comfortable with.
Glenn Frey The Eagles
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I can say sincerely, don't take your voice for granted. It is truly what makes us all equal.
2 Chainz
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Well, you have now, Sam, dear Sam,' said Frodo, and he lay back in Sam's gentle arms, closing his eyes, like a child at rest when night-fears are driven away by some loved voice or hand. Sam felt that he could sit like that in endless happiness.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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I don't take care of my voice at all, which is one reason that I sound as bad as I do.
Ira Glass