#tone

The proud, the cold untroubled heart of stone, that never mused on sorrow but its own. ↗

— Thomas Campbell

#heart #never #own #proud #sorrow

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor. ↗

— Albert Camus

#ceaselessly #condemned #dreadful #fall #futile

The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply. ↗

— Truman Capote

#malice #quietness #reply #tone

There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#audience #been #civil #civil rights #civil rights movement

I don't want my body to look like a man's. I just want to tone my body. ↗

— Sherilyn Fenn

#i #just #like #look #man

I'm sure every song has some kind of undertone of what I was going through with Chris. It was my life. ↗

— Deana Carter

#every #going #i #kind #life

I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie you're watching, they have these toned arms and muscles. ↗

— Jill Clayburgh

#character #i #movie #muscles #notice

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space. ↗

— Johnny Cash

#any #build #close #door #dwell

I think this is one of the greatest strengths of this school. Not only do the students go on to achieve great milestones in their own lives, they never forget their roots and the school that gave them the chance they needed to improve their lives and their families' lives. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#chance #families #forget #gave #go

When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

#art #attention #commanding #conversation #easily