Voice Quotes
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In Dogen's writing, the practical instruction, philosophy and poetry are together in one voice. People hear about his poetry, go to his work, and expect to find poetry, or they hear about his philosophy and expect to find philosophy. They look just for practical instruction and find poetry and philosophy. They can't make out the complexity of his writing, become frustrated and let him go.
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This is what magic is. It's being able to speak in a voice which makes things happen, being able to speak in a voice which causes facts to be beheld by groups of people in a way that has been purged from profane language, for us relegated to poetry and that sort of thing.
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We must pay attention to the voice that calls us out of the safety zone.
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If you don’t use your voice, there’s someone waiting behind you who will.
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Even if change in a voice is light, and people maybe don't notice it, that slight change is, for singers, a bit of an earthquake.
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Part of what you hear when somebody says something awful to you is like, 'They're right, I look ridiculous, why am I dressed this way, I should go home and change.' For me that voice is always in my head, right around the corner.
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I realized that there were times when we talked not because we needed to communicate anything important, but simply because we each drew comfort from the other's voice.
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The real freedom comes to us when we can learn to go inside and connect with that voice. Then, we're not relying on outsiders.
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The ability to get inside your character's head in a graphic novel is really fun and useful because one, you can really define the character's voice and two, it's a way easier way to convey what the character's thinking by actually laying out what he's thinking.
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If we're afraid to stand in our own skin with those we work with, then how do we lead those who have no voice at all?
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I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.
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If you listen to people talk, when people actually talk, they talk in melodies. If they get angry, their voice rises, and it's more of a staccato thing. When they ask for something, they're real sweet. It's all music.
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I have a deep, scratchy voice. Boys would call me Froggy, and my father would often tell me to shut my 'big bazoo.' I remember standing in line for confession. After I walked out, the other kids were like, 'You punched your sister in the face?' Because of my voice, my confession was like speaking into a loudspeaker.
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The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.
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You know how bad my voice sounds - well it feels just as bad.
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The key thing is, don't worry about if anyone is reading you or not. Figure out your voice and figure out what you want to write about, what you're good at, what you like doing.
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I'm totally anonymous until I open my bloody mouth and people recognize the voice.
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Loafe with me on the grass—loose the stop from your throat; Not words, not music or rhyme I want—not custom or lecture, not even the best; Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice.
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The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
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I like to jump some rope and swing kettle bells to get my blood pumping. It makes my voice sound better, and it clears my head.
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What intrigues me most about the human voice, is its ability to make all things transparent through its power of transformation. The voice is not just a conduit for words. For me it is like an abstract dream in which everything makes perfect sense.
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Without the gods, how would I sing?' I asked. With your own voice,' he said.
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I encourage people to find and use the power of their voices just as much when I do not agree with those voices as when I do agree with them.
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God, his heart could be loud sometimes, loud as if it had its own will, its own logic, its own voice.
