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For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways - to the voices of quiet anguish, to voices that speak… — Richard M. Nixon
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you. — Seneca the Younger
I once heard a woman who had lost her dog say that she felt as though a color were suddenly missing from her world: the… — Caroline Knapp
True, there are architects so called in this country, and I have heard of one at least possessed with the idea of making architectural ornaments… — Henry David Thoreau
We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea, because we have heard it, and because our faith tells… — Teresa of Avila
He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. — W. Somerset Maugham
I've made a number of independent films that didn't receive theatrical distribution, that a lot of people haven't heard of, and as a result, I've… — William Mapother
Said one oyster to a neighboring oyster, "I have a very great pain within me. It is heavy and round and I am in distress."… — Khalil Gibran
Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age. — Aung San Suu Kyi
Actual evidence I have none, But my aunt's charwoman's sister's son Heard a policeman, on his beat Say to a housemaid in Downing Street That… — Unknown Author
The imagined memories had to have as much weight as the real, or we had to at least pretend they did to such a degree… — Dinaw Mengestu
At night my father often heard sporadic gunfire mixed in with the sound of dogs howling. If the war came closer, soon there would be… — Dinaw Mengestu
I didn’t hear words that were accurate, much less prideful. For example, I never once heard the word clitoris. It would be years before I… — Gloria Steinem
Simplicity is always a virtue. One kid on a riverbank working out a Stephen Foster tune on his new harmonica heard from the correct esthetic… — Edward Abbey
Dogs are dim creatures, do not speak to me of their good sense--have you ever heard of a team of tomcats hauling a sled across… — John Banville
I mean to be too rich to lament or to feel anything of the sort. A large income is the best recipe for happiness I… — Jane Austen
Of distinction by birth or badge, [Americans] had no more idea than they had of the mode of existence in the moon or planets. They… — Thomas Jefferson
He [the Rev. Mr. Whitefield] used, indeed, sometimes to pray for my conversion, but never had the satisfaction of believing that his prayers were heard. — Benjamin Franklin
As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I take this early opportunity of… — George Washington
I remember I autographed it to Mutt Lange, and I may only have put one t on Mutt. I mean, I'd never heard of such… — Shania Twain
Of course, just because we've heard a spine-chilling, blood-curdling scream of the sort to make your very marrow freeze in your bones doesn't automatically mean… — Terry Pratchett
It's either because of the number of times the scholar puts the boot into Peter Jackson the director of The Lord of the Rings films… — Terry Pratchett
I think William Shakespeare was the wisest human being I ever heard of. To be perfectly frank, though, that's not saying much. We are impossibly… — Kurt Vonnegut
I was immediately taken with Geoff Muldaur's rich soulful voice, masterful phrasing and guitar playing when I first heard him. — Lucinda Williams
The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice Of one, who from the far-off hills proclaims Tidings of… — Charles Lamb

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