"The thunder of false modesty was deafening." — Sebastian Faulks

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• If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be… — Desmond Tutu
• I built the solenoid and with great expectations late one evening I pressed the switch which sent a current of… — Nicholas Kurti
• It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom. — William Dean Howells
• In the godforsaken, obscene quicksand of life, there is a deafening alleluia rising from the souls of those who weep,… — Unknown Author
• This meal happened to be a make-believe tea, and they sat round the board guzzling in their greed; and really,… — James M. Barrie
• Not every loss was confirmed by an officer at the door. Nor a telegram with the power to sink a… — Kristina McMorris
• By deafening ourselves to the emotional consequences of violence we have become confused by its relationship to sex. We have… — Derrick Jensen
• A great silence is spreading over the natural world even as the sound of man is becoming deafening, — Bernie Krause
• What emerges from the silence is the deafening sound of an old world disintegrating. — Marianne Williamson
• The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken. — Barry Humphries
• You almost wish you could turn off the COMM and just appreciate the deafening quiet. — Rusty Schweickart
• The nation was awakened by that deafening shot. — Corazon Aquino

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