“Nima Shirazi's is an important progressive voice in the Iran debate in the West, often deconstructing the myths (and sometimes propaganda) we commonly encounter in the mainstream media. With succinct and elegant prose, and with no axe to grind, he exposes the hypocrisy of Western attitudes toward Iran.” ImportantSometimesVoiceAttitudeMediaWestWesternMythDebatePropagandaEncountersHypocrisyProseIranProgressiveMainstreamElegantGrindMainstream Media Author:Hooman Majd
“I spoke with the crows before leaving for Los Angeles. They were the resident storytellers whose strident and insistent voices added the necessary dissonance for color. They had cousins in California, and gave me their names and addresses, told me to look them up. They warned me, too, what they had heard about attitude there. And they were right. Attitude was thick, hung from the would-be's and has-beens and think-they-ares, so thick that I figured it was the major source of the smog.” ThinkingLooksHas BeensWould BeNamesVoiceAttitudeHeardColorSourceMajorsLeavingCaliforniaAddressesSpokesLos AngelesThickHungStorytellerCousinCrowResidentsDissonanceSmog Book:How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002 Source: How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002
“I'm fascinated by the new iPhone. I bought it and kept trying to use it in France. "Siri, what is a good restaurant?" (In a robotic voice.) "I'm sorry, Robin. I can't give locations in France." "Why, Siri?" "I don't know." It's like she was upset with the French or something. "They seem to have an attitude I can't understand. Should I look for Germans, Robin?"” KnowsGivingShouldTryingLooksI CanUseSeemsVoiceAttitudeSorryFranceUpsetRestaurantsFascinatedShould ILocationI'm SorryIphoneRoboticsRobinsSiri Author:Robin Williams
“I like looking at the characters. Seeing them always brings up some voice or attitude. I am much more visual, and that works so much better than having someone tell me what the character is all about.” CharacterVoiceAttitudeSeeingVisuals Author:Frank Welker
“Since I spent eighteen years of my life as a child, and nine years of that life as a pretty sexually active gay child, my complaint against the current attitudes is that they work mightily to silence the voices of children first and secondarily ignore what adults have to say who have been through these situations. One size fits all is never the way to handle any situation with a human dimension. Many, many children-and I was one of them-are desperate to establish some sort of sexual relation with an older and even adult figure.” WayYearsFirstsHumansChildrenHas BeensVoiceSilenceAttitudeSituationFiguresFitGayAdultsRelationSizeCurrentsActiveNineHandleDesperateDimensionsComplaintsEighteenSexuallyNine YearsOne Size Fits All Author:Samuel R. Delany
“In my early teens, I read every bound volume of the magazine Punch. Every writer of any distinction in the English language, and I mean including America and England, at some time wrote for Punch. Jerome K. Jerome, who wrote Three Men In A Boat, I loved. I was very impressed when I read a piece by Mark Twain in Punch, and realized that despite the fact that they were on different continents, Jerome K. Jerome and Mark Twain had the same kind of laconic, laid-back, "The human race is damn stupid, but quite interesting" attitude. They were almost talking with the same voice.” MenHumansKindMeanDifferentFactsAmericaThreeLanguageVoiceInterestingRaceAttitudeTalkingPiecesStupidMarkEnglandBoundsIncludingDespiteBoatMagazinesDamnHuman RaceDistinctionTeensContinentsVolumeImpressedEnglish LanguageLaid BackLaconic Author:Terry Pratchett
“Ours is the one ever-present voice in our lives. Therefore, it is crucial that our self-talk instill confidence within us and is supportive, not submerging, and that our attitudes toward ourselves help keep our spirits afloat through acceptance and trust. We are our own most important and influential buoy.” ImportantSelfHelpingSpiritVoiceAttitudeOur LivesSelf HelpAcceptanceConfidenceCrucialSupportiveInfluentialInstillSelf TalkBuoys Author:Sue Thoele
“I can't be reading novels when I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in. The hardest thing to do is keep the tone and your attitude over the course of a year or however long it takes.But when I'm writing short stories, which I will be doing shortly, I can read anything I like.” WritingYearsLongI CanStoriesCoursesReadingVoiceAttitudeNovelHardestThings To DoToneShort StoryHardest ThingCreepsI Can ReadHardest Thing To DoWriting ShortWriting Short StoriesReading Novels Author:T.C. Boyle
“A determined man, by his very attitude and the tone of his voice, puts a stop to defeat, and begins to conquer.” MenVoiceAttitudeDefeatDeterminedConquerTone Book:The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“My characters all start with rhythms and sounds. Once I hear the voice and get into the rhythm, the attitude and the physicality just come out on their own.” CharacterSoundVoiceAttitudeRhythmPhysicality Author:Dana Carvey
“How can we appraise a proposal if the terms hurled at our ears can mean anything or nothing, and change their significance with the inflection of the voice? Welfare state, national socialism, radical, liberal, conservative, reactionary and a regiment of others ... these terms in today's usage, are generally compounds of confusion and prejudice. If our attitudes are muddled, our language is often to blame. A good tonic for clearer thinking is a dose of precise, legal definition.” IfsThinkingMeanStatesTodayLanguageVoiceTermAttitudeEarsPrejudiceBlameDefinitionsConservativeSocialismConfusionRadicalWelfareSignificancePreciseProposalCompoundsDoseReactionariesUsageWelfare StateAppraise Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“From an early age, I never let anyone silence my voice. This steadfast attitude has helped me as an actor and has truly enabled me to explore and evolve the characters I portray on television and film.” CharacterAgeFilmActorsVoiceSilenceAttitudeTelevisionEvolveSteadfast Author:Sufe Bradshaw
“It's actually not very hard to re-set between the adult novels and the ones for younger readers. The narrative voices are very similar, the smartass attitude, the environmental battles. Kids love books that are irreverent and challenge authority, when authority is arbitrary, greedy or foolish. They also love it when you make fun of grownups, and I've spent my whole life as a writer doing that.” BookHardWholeKidsFunVoiceChallengesAttitudeNovelReaderBattleAuthorityAdultsEnvironmentalWhole LifeFoolishNarrativeGreedyArbitraryGrownupsKids LoveIrreverentSmartassNarrative Voice Author:Carl Hiaasen
“For me, the bold jazz of John Coltrane and Miles Davis reflected the bold attitude in African-Americans finding their political identity and voice.” PoliticalVoiceAttitudeIdentityFindingsJazzMilesAfrican AmericanColtrane Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“Every generation has someone who steps outside the norm and offers a voice for the unspeakable attitudes of that time. I represent everything that's supposed to be wrong, everything that's forbidden.” VoiceAttitudeStepsGenerationsOffersSupposed To BeNormForbiddenUnspeakable Author:Sam Kinison