He smoked a cigarette, standing in the dark and listening to her undress. She made sea sounds; something flapped like a sail;… — Nathanael West Copy Share Image
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The regenerating Spirit is compared to the wind. His first attempts on the soul may be so secret that the creature knows… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
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The surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities is not more police and prisons, but ecologically sounds economic development. And that… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind… — Carly Rae Jepsen Copy Share Image
I think that the creative process, especially in the beginning of making an album, I'm feeling very fragile, so to speak, because… — Trentemøller Copy Share Image
I'm very lazy when it comes to making the original sound. I don't go through amplifiers and different compressors and signal parts.… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
Experience taught me to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Before any auto-tuning or anything else, that's us - and so, really, especially Karen's voice. But the whole Carpenters sound is, I… — Richard Carpenter Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little… — Chris Kattan Copy Share Image
“But at my back I always hear Time’s wingèd chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity.… — Andrew Marvell Copy Share Image
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
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Vanity is a silly thing to be obsessed with because... it sounds cliché but it leads you to emptiness; it goes away. — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
I compose with bells a lot. Bells and breath. Both things you react to without thinking about it. Bells traditionally give us… — Sxip Shirey Copy Share Image
When I listen to Joy Division, it doesn't sound particularly English. — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
I used to do interviews - I still do - interviews every day, all day. And you go from maybe doing a… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound.… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
You're...a demon hunter?' 'It's not as exciting as it sounds,' he said. 'There is a surprising amount of paperwork involved. — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
[L]et my reader who is puzzled by my awkward explanations close his eyes for no more than two minutes, and see if… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
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A lot of new artists, especially girl artists, feel pressure to be so 'media perfect' and 'trained.' I'm intelligent, but I don't… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
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