#voices

I detest heavy perfume and shrill voices. ↗

— Renee Vivien

#heavy #i #perfume #shrill #voices

I had a very happy childhood, but I wasn't that happy a child. I liked being alone and creating characters and voices. I think that's when your creativity is developed, when you're young. I liked the world of the imagination because it was an easy place to go to. ↗

— David Walliams

#because #being #being alone #characters #child

Throughout the lead-up to the war, CNN worked hard to air all sides of the story. We had a regular segment called Voices of Dissent in which we spent time covering antiwar protests and interviewing those who were opposed to the war with Iraq. ↗

— Jim Walton

#antiwar #called #cnn #covering #dissent

I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#african-american community #claim #community #different #diverse

Instead of hoping that some day the boys' club will open its doors, we can form our own clubs, define 'worthy' our own way, and celebrate the books and voices that we decide deserve celebration. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#celebrate #celebration #club #clubs #day

The fact is that the learning process goes on, and so long as the voices are not stilled and the singers go on singing some of it gets through. ↗

— Morris West

#gets #go #goes #learning #learning process

The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth. ↗

— Benjamin Whichcote

#longest #lungs #measures #most #strongest

The most powerful political voices are those with a different way of seeing and processing the world and the sounds that emanate from it. ↗

— Saul Williams

#different way #emanate #most #most powerful #political

Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#being #create #hear #i #knack

It isn't that NPR is matriarchal but that it has dedicated itself to not being patriarchal in its outlook and presentation, stipulating from the outset that its headline voices would not resound across the fruited plains from big male bags of air sent from Mount Olympus. ↗

— James Wolcott

#air #bags #being #big #dedicated