"A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice."
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"People are so scared to really voice who they are. They want to be politically correct. Just scared to see what other people's perceptions are."
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"There are tones of voices that mean more than words."
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"The storyteller makes no choice, soon you will not hear his voice, his job is to shed light, and not to master"
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"I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works."
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"It was a lone voice in the middle of the ocean, but it was heard at great depth and great distance."
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"To come from no voice, no power, and to be able to achieve what I have means that only my own personal vision holds me back."
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"The source of my difficulties has always been the same: an inability to accept what to others seems natural, and an irresistible tendency to voice opinions no one wants to hear . . ."
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"In any case, suffice it to say I enjoyed hearing about faraway places. I had stocked up a whole store of these places, like a bear getting ready for hibernation. I'd close my eyes, and streets would materialize, rows of houses take shape. I could hear people's voices, feel the gentle, steady rhythm of their lives, those people so distant, whom I'd probably never know."
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"Always eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or bed- no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters in your skull."
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"Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win 'Vocalist of the Year'."
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"A government, founded on impartial liberty, where all have a voice and a vote, irrespective of color or of sex--what is there to hinder such a government from standing firm."
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"When art seems to be empty of meaning, as no doubt some of the abstract painting of our own day actually does seem, what the painting says, indeed what the artist is shrieking at the top of his voice, is that life has become empty of all rational content and coherence, and that, in times like these, is far from a meaningless statement."
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"Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or silently. If we can read it silently, it is not a valid poem: a poem demands pronunciation. Poetry always remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. It remembers that it was first song."
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"We are the consciousness of the earth. We are the eyes of the earth. The voice of the earth."
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"The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice."
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"What keeps me awake at night is just, Am I making the best use of the time that remains for me, to both be as good an example as I can in my own daily life, and as compelling as possible a voice for the ways in which we can all work together to tackle these issues."
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"We can and must ensure the human rights of the displaced. That begins by making their voices heard."
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"A deal must include an equitable global governance structure. All countries must have a voice in how resources are deployed and managed."
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"One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world."
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