Voice Quotes
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They spoke truth and a lot of people listened.... that voice, Kurt we miss you.
Michael Stipe
R.E.M.
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There is so little one can be certain of these days,” he begins, voice wobbly. “But finding a hand to hold while we walk this path.
Pam Jenoff
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I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today - my own government.... There is something strangely inconsistent about a nation and a press that would praise you when you say, 'Be nonviolent toward Jim Clark,' but will curse and damn you when you say, 'Be nonviolent toward little brown Vietnamese children!' There is something wrong with that press.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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In law, what plea so tainted and corrupts, but being seasoned with a gracious voice obscures the show of evil.
William Shakespeare
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A mountain keeps an echo deep inside. That's how I hold your voice
Rumi
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I think all comics borrow from each other. Only a few have an original voice, and I wasn't one of them. In the end, I couldn't figure out who to steal from, so I stopped doing it.
Steve Buscemi
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A horn has that voice quality, and an electric guitar can emulate that. But playing an acoustic, the notes don't sustain like that.
Bill Orcutt
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When I got to L.A. I woke up and I was losing my voice because of the dry air. It was like, "Oh my god, this is going to be Joe's Pub all over again.
Hamilton Leithauser
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At last an authentic voice from Saudi Arabia. Al-Mohaimeed has written a remarkable, rhythmic, genuine novel. Wolves of the Crescent Moon throbs with sensuality and moral courage, as if it didn't take place in a society that denies the tick of the heart.
Hanan al-Shaykh
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Where was I?""A different island," said old Tallow. Her voice was stern, but there was an ache in her look that Omakayas had never before seen. "An island called Spirit Island where everyone but you died of the itching sickness- you were the toughest one, the littlest one, and you survived them all.""You were sent here so you could save the others," she said. "Because you'd had the sickness, you were strong enough to nurse them through it. They did a good thing when they took you in, and you saved them for their good act. Now the circle that began when I found you is complete.
Louise Erdrich
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One day I promised God that if he would give me my voice back I would never smoke again. I got three octaves back after quitting.
Mariah Carey
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“Don't judge," I say, the rebuke in my voice sharper than I intended. "Sometimes the running just gets to be too much.
Pam Jenoff
