The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.
Ernest Newman
Recitation: by Male by Female
I could probably use some tips from a vocal trainer or something about breathing, but we all know it's not about technical prowess.
John Grant
KnowBreathingTrainerSomethingUse
You write three pages over six hours, and you don't feel like you've gotten anywhere, but if you've done a beautiful metaphor or a lovely sentence, or you finally got to some moment you wanted, then that's worth it. Then you can close your computer and get a little relief.
Andrew Sean Greer
BeautifulMomentFeelWorthYou
We've got to stand up for ourselves. That is, draw some lines, make it clear that after awhile, we're not going to get bullied or pushed around, because I think there are some in China who want to push the United States around. They want to bully us.
Max Baucus
Stand UpThinkStandPushWantUp
I feel lucky I didn't become that newspaper cartoonist I wanted to be because in the U.S. so many newspapers have suffered circulation declines, and some have folded. What's fun about being an author is I reach a much bigger audience, and there is something special about launching a book you've penned.
Jeff Kinney
FunBookFeelReachYouBecome
Any foundation you build, if trust is part of that foundation, whatever you're building, whatever you're creating is gonna have a rock-solid foundation.
Steve Tisch
TrustBuildingFoundationYouBuild
I was a Rosie the Riveter. I'm really proud of that.
Ruth Duccini
ProudReallyRosie
I hope that I will be the last victim in China's long record of treating words as crimes.
Liu Xiaobo
HopeWordsLongWillVictimChina
I don't listen to a lot of music any more and even the people I've loved for years - the Nick Drakes of this world - I can't go back to them and listen to them over and over.
David Sylvian
MusicPeopleWorldLovedBackGo
You don't start by saying, 'Well, am I better than her?' Because that goes nowhere. Instead, all your work, your passion, your will has to go into what you do. And then if there is a result, if people like you, if you are a bit different, then fine.
Sylvie Guillem
WorkPassionPeopleStartSayingGo
My capacity as a monk was to passionately believe utter nonsense, and when you're an actor you have to do the same thing. Also, Christianity used to have a lot to do with self-loathing and an acceptance of criticism and things like that which is terribly important for actors.
Tom Baker
AcceptanceBelieveCriticismYou
You move differently than you do when you're filling the stage at Radio City. You have to be bigger than life there.
Nickolas Ashford
LifeCityYouStageRadioBigger
Talent is really important in politics, but experience is also really important.
Nicola Sturgeon
ExperiencePoliticsTalentImportant
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