Sound Quotes - Page 28

• I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough.

  John Major

  Regret, Educational, Sick

  John Major (2013). “John Major: The Autobiography”, p.9, HarperCollins UK

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• I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving.

  Shirley Manson

  Moving, Self Confidence, Giving

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• A revolution is to bring on change and we're spiritual people trying to bring on spiritual change. It might sound like I'm a dreamer, but economic models have reached their height of evolution. Technology has evolved. What hasn't evolved is mankind's spirituality; everything is from 3,000 years ago.

  Damian Marley

  Spiritual, Technology, Years

  "30 minutes with ... Damian Marley". Interview with Dave Simpson, www.theguardian.com. July 19, 2012.

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• And my identity...I never really wondered about it because, unfortunately, I sounded like myself. People be saying I sound like Miles or Clifford Brown.

  Wynton Marsalis

  People, Miles, Brown

  "Steve LeVeille interviews Wynton Marsalis". Interview on WBZ Radio, radiofreesteve.wordpress.com. 1994.

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• I can hear you and I can watch your mouth move, and then I put together the sounds and the visual image and I can understand the words as I integrate the two signals.

  Marlee Matlin

  Moving, Two, Together

  "Interview with Marlee Matlin, Actress and Academy Award Winner". AudiologyOnline Interview, www.audiologyonline.com. October 18, 2004.

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• I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.

  A. J. McLean

  Conceited, Feel Good, Looks

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.

  Freddie Mercury

  Queens, Years, Names

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• When we believe the best of people, we let go of each thing they do that is hurtful to us. And we choose to think things like, 'I don't believe they meant to hurt me.' 'Maybe they're having a bad day or don't feel well.' 'They probably don't even realize how they sound.'

  Joyce Meyer

  Letting Go, Hurt, Believe

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• I make a vegan baked ziti. And even though that doesn't sound enjoyable, it really is.

  Lea Michele

  Vegan, Enjoyable

  "Lea Michele: Little Miss Big-Time". Interview With Josh Patner, www.glamour.com. August 30, 2010.

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• I'm a rapper... Gaga's a fantastic artist, you know, she paved her way. She's opened her own lane. But I think that I have my own lane. And we never cross. Ever. So, you know, I really don't get the comparison anymore. Our music doesn't sound the same. Our stage presence is not the same. I just can't see the similarities.

  Nicki Minaj

  Artist, Thinking, Rapper

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• It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they're not around. I don't really like the sound of that, 'cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I'm just very black and white when it comes to my business. There's really no gray area.

  Nicki Minaj

  Black And White, People, Tantrums

  "V Exclusive! Nicki Minaj Talks What ‘Pink Friday’ Proved, Being a Woman in Hip-Hop, Fashion". Interview With Mikey Fresh, www.vibe.com. February 16, 2012.

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• I worked very hard, but I think it's unfair to make it all sound like it's all David's fault.

  Liza Minnelli

  Thinking, Faults, Unfair

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• I just want to do everything. I don't want to sound soppy or too cliched, but that's the way it is.

  Kylie Minogue

  Want, Way

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• Game music has a purpose and it does incorporate sound effects.

  Shigeru Miyamoto

  Games, Doe, Purpose

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• A part of me wants to sort of try and sound cool and feed this myth that I'm some sort of glamorous lothario, but I was raised by women - my mother and her mother and my aunts - and as a result, most of my friends have always been women.

  Moby

  Mother, Aunt, Trying

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• More often than not, whenever gossip has been written about me, the gossip is more interesting than the reality. I know some public figures hate gossip, but personally I like it because it makes my life sound more glamorous and interesting than it really is.

  Moby

  Hate, Reality, Interesting

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• What sounds good on the radio is really loud kick drums and loud snare drums, when everything's bombastic and in your face. It's the equivalent of a houseguest who screams all the time.

  Moby

  Radio, Faces, Scream

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• When I was growing up, albums were my closest friends, as sad as that may sound - Joy Division's 'Closer,' or Echo and the Bunnymen's 'Heaven Up Here'... I had a more intimate relationship with those records than I did with most of the people in my life.

  Moby

  Growing Up, Echoes, Intimate Relationships

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• You can sit down with Reason or Ableton and literally in a couple of hours make a very good-sounding record. But then a lot of people become contented with that, rather than pushing themselves to making something that sounds great.

  Moby

  Couple, People, Records

  "With Destroyed, Moby Makes Sense of Shattered Musical Landscape". Interview With Scott Thill, www.wired.com. March 17, 2011.

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• It's dangerous talking about yourself too much because you find yourself talking in sound bites.

  Emily Mortimer

  Talking, Finding Yourself, Too Much

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• My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.

  Eddie Murphy

  Real, Men, Firsts

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• Austin sounds a little bit like Aston Martin, which is the type of car James Bond would drive.

  Mike Myers

  Ties, Car, Austin

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• Business is war! Its leaders are strategic commanders, who boldly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - and who perform other acts of derring-do. This kind of talk sounds great in the boardroom, and, for that matter, in the bookstore, where dozens of authors counsel would-be corporate warriors.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  War, Leader, Victory

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• Now, to find dinosaurs, you hike around in horrible conditions looking for a dinosaur. It sounds really dumb, but that's what it is. It's horrible conditions, because wherever you have nice weather, plants grow, and you don't get any erosion, and you don't see any dinosaurs.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Nice, Weather, Erosion

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• You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.

  Rafael Nadal

  Play, Focus, Trying

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