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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."
"The voice is nothing but beaten air."
"One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice."
"The more people train their counsciousness, the more sensitivie they are to it. It's like you had your own voice coming to you."
"Sit quietly and listen for a voice that will say, "Be more silent." As that happens, your soul starts to revive."
"We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water."
"Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless."
"It's going to be all right, sir," Harry said over and over again, more worried by Dumbledore's silence than he had been by his weakened voice. "We're nearly there ... I can Apparate us both back ... don't worry ..." "I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you."
"He pleaded so much that he lost his voice. His bones began to fill with words."
"Her voice is full of money."
"She’s got an indiscreet voice,” I remarked. “It’s full of-“ I hesitated. “Her voice is full of money,” he said suddenly. That was it. I’d never understood before. It was full of money-that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals’ song of it."
"I think we are in a time where the youth play such a huge role. It's up to us to go the extra mile to vote and raise our voices."
"As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice."
"I believe in the power of the voice of women."
"Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]"
"Those who by form did see me and those who followed me by voice. Wrong the efforts they engaged in, those people will not see me."
"Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only the judges may hear, for instigators are not lacking to stir up the crowd against me, and against all the best citizens. To scorn, in the interest of the Republic, this multitude of Jews so often turbulent in the assemblies shows a singular strength of mind. The money is in the Treasury; they do not accuse us of theft; they seek to stir up hatreds."
"It matters whether you see yourself as someone who is capable of effecting change or whether you see yourself as someone whose voice does not count. It matters whether you treat yourself with reverence or with carelessness. Every bit of work you do on yourself matters. Every time you choose love, it matters."
"If you believe you are the beloved of God, you need to spend time listening to his voice - period! You can't say, "Yes God calls me the beloved, but I have to go out to do something now.""
"Ministers are tempted to join the ranks of those who consider it their primary task to keep other people busy … But our task is the opposite of distraction … how to keep them from being so busy that they can no longer hear the voice of God who speaks in silence."
