"What I think is going on is that probably language was entertainment long before it was meaning. It's a kind of tuneless singing."
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"And so, these are the things, the exploration of which, the singing about of which, makes us human beings. The exploration of the universe of the unseen is the business of human beings."
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"She began framing the words of her telegram into a senseless singsong; so that several park keepers looked at her with suspicion and were only brought to a favourable opinion of her sanity by noticing the pearl necklace which she wore."
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"Raising the flag and singing the anthem are, while somewhat suspicious, not in themselves acts of treason."
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"Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped."
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"Singing is still the important thing to me. I love singing. I wouldn't be putting myself through all this if I didn't."
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"When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing."
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"I often compare singing to lovemaking because there's so many similarities."
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"Once I started singing, I realized it was a language I'd forgotten I could speak."
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"I really can't imagine not singing again."
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"Singing has nothing to do with poetry, except as twins separated at birth."
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"I always wanted to sing. I didn't know how to do it. I didn't know how to make the singing thing happen."
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"Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture."
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"I began to go to concerts when I was 12 years old. And I would stand there, the small imp that I was, and I would expect the world to be laid before me by these artists, and in some cases it was. So when I climbed onto the stage, I always imagined that I was singing to somebody who was similar to how I had been."
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"Who is Alice?" asked mother. "Alice is somebody that nobody can see," said Frances. "And that is why she does not have a birthday. So I am singing Happy Thursday to her." - Frances the badger"
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"I always seem to be singing against the grain."
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"I feel like it's almost a Renaissance thing, a painting, a modern version of a painting. I think it's important for Kim [Kardashian] to have her figure. To not show it would be like Adele not singing."
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"Harry ran upstairs to their dark dormitory. He pulled out the cloak and then his eyes fell on the flute Hagrid had given him for Christmas. He pocketed it to use on Fluffy — he didn’t feel much like singing."
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"I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound."
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"I always feel like the less I think of stage presence, the better, because then I have to face the fact that I have really complicated guitar parts, I'm singing almost all the time, and I have like six pedals I've got to keep on top of"
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