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The ears were made, not for such trivial uses as men are wont to suppose, but to hear celestial sounds. — Henry David Thoreau
Every now and then, when you're on stage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It's a sound you can't get in movies… — Shelley Winters
I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear. — Karl Kraus
The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our… — Benjamin Franklin
If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times… — Anthony Holden
One of the things that I discovered in lecturing was that gradually one ceased to hear what one said one heard what the audience hears… — Gertrude Stein
When the enterprising burglar isn't burgling; When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime; He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling; And listen to the… — W. S. Gilbert
There's the Ronald Reagan cupped-ear gambit. The press is deliberately and systematically kept away from him. All you hear is a bunch of monkeys screaming… — John Chancellor
Did you hear 'bout Ticklish Tom? He got tickled by his mom. Wiggled and giggled and fell on the floor, . . . . And… — Shel Silverstein
I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic. — George Crumb
You have certainly observed the curious fact that a given word which is perfectly clear when you hear it or use it in everyday language,… — Paul Valery
She alone dares and wishes to know from within, where she, the outcast, has never ceased to hear the resonance of fore language. She lets… — Helene Cixous
Ministers regularly meet soldiers that have returned from operational tours to hear about their experiences, including those who have recovered from their injuries. — Geoff Hoon
I hear therefore with joy whatever is beginning to be said of the dignity and necessity of labor to every citizen. There is virtue yet… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It really pains me greatly to hear from graduate students that graduate education is a lower priority here. — Ruth Simmons
Everyone that I've talked to who's been to space has thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and what you often hear them say is: It was great,… — Laurel Clark
Organize, and stand together. Claim something together, and at once; let the nation hear a united demand from the laboring voice, and then, when you… — Wendell Phillips
A lot of times I have the song inside of me and I have to fight to get it out. I'm a very visual person,… — Zola Jesus
Nothing changed in my life since I work all the time," Pamuk said then. "I've spent 30 years writing fiction. For the first 10 years… — Orhan Pamuk
Bid faith look through the key-hole of the promise, and tell thee what it sees there laid up for him that overcomes; bid it listen… — William Gurnall
So along with several very popular Internet sites, talk radio has served as alternative media that gives listeners information that they otherwise would not hear. — Paul Weyrich
When Billie Holiday sings a song, I hear the song, but I always hear her and her truth. — Tom Wopat
At one time they've been the most important thing to me. So I can't hear our records on the radio, I can't stand it, because… — Ray Davies
I have been all over the world. I have met some wonderful people, lots of them very simple, whom nobody will ever hear about, but… — Maureen Forrester
Whatever your work and whatever its worth, No matter how strong or clever, Some one will sneer if you pause to hear, And scoff at… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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