“What we take to be our strongest tower of delight, only stands at the caprice of the minutest event the falling of a leaf, the hearing of a voice, or the receipt of one little bit of paper scratched over with a few small characters by a sharpened feather.” LittlesCharacterFallBitsVoiceEventsPaperLittle BitDelightHearingStrongestTowersLeafsFeathersCapriceReceipts Book:Pierre, Or The Ambiguities: Volume Seven, Scholarly Edition Source: Pierre, Or The Ambiguities: Volume Seven, Scholarly Edition
“As things have progressed and I've gotten older, I've gotten more and more involved on the producing side. It's been a natural progression. The more you become exposed in a particular medium, the more you can bring to the table and people start trusting you. You're valued a little bit more, so you have more of a voice. It's something I would like to do, through the rest of my career.” PeopleLittlesBitsSidesVoiceNaturalCareersParticularInvolvedLittle BitTablesMediumsExposedProgressionTrusting You Author:Chris Vance
“I'll never feel as comfortable singing as I do playing. The mandolin is my real voice. My actual voice is sort of my secondary voice, but I love to do it and I love giving people relief from playing with a little bit of singing.” PeopleGivingFeelsLittlesRealBitsVoiceComfortableLittle BitSingingRelief Author:Chris Thile
“That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: Use your eyes! Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.” FirstsLittlesUseEyeAbleMotherBitsVoiceChallengesActingTaughtLittle BitAspectMy FamilyGrandfatherMy Grandfather Author:Keith Coogan
“What's kind of wonderful about being the voice in an animated film is you're a small part of an enormous production. And in a way, you get to remain a little bit objective.” WayKindLittlesFilmBitsVoiceWonderfulLittle BitProductionsEnormousObjectivesAnimatedSmall PartsAnimated Films Author:America Ferrera
“My intent was not to go after Rush - I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh. I was maybe a little bit inarticulate. ... There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership.” LittlesBitsVoiceLittle BitEnormousDiminishInarticulate Author:Michael Steele
“Brad [Dourif] would tell himself that he was not intentionally trying to mimic Jack Nicholson in any way. I think that actually bothers him a little bit. I just think maybe they have similar voices.” ThinkingWayTryingLittlesBitsVoiceLittle BitBotherBradNicholson Author:David Kirschner
“I think there's great value to the Associated Press and to Reuters, but if you wanted to generate original content, maybe written by local writers, it just takes a little bit of openness to open your pages up to a wider freelance writer pool, and then you might find new voices and a wider array of voices, and definitely more original content that can't be found anywhere else.” IfsThinkingLittlesMightWantedValuesFoundBitsVoiceWrittenLittle BitPagesOriginalsPressesLocalsOpennessPoolGreat Value Author:Dave Eggers
“It's an important point, and every little bit helps not least because those who make those kinds of changes are more likely to make their voices heard as citizens. But the ultimate solutions are going to come through policies.” KindLittlesImportantHelpingBitsVoiceHeardPolicyCitizensLittle BitSolutionsUltimate Author:Al Gore
“I think it's really hard to make songs that pursue an agenda. You can kind of do it a little bit through a character, so the character gives voice to something or their story, the story of the character tells you something, but, for me anyway, it's really hard to write directly about politics.” ThinkingGivingWritingKindLittlesHardCharacterStoriesSongBitsVoiceLittle BitPursueAgendas Author:David Byrne
“I got a phone call from George Miller [the director] asking me to play this role. We sat down and he showed me on his computer a documentary-type montage sequence of real penguins swimming, in an Esther Williams synchronized sort of way, and doing things I have never seen them do. Then he explained his vision of the film, asked me to read the script and to voice the character. I was cast a little bit later, and he let me do the singing as well!” WayWellsLittlesRealPlayCharacterFilmBitsVoiceVisionRolesTypeDirectorsComputerLittle BitSingingLet MeAskingDown AndScriptsCastsPhonesSatSwimmingDocumentariesSequencePhone CallsPenguinsEsther Author:Brittany Murphy
“Once you strike a note on the organ, it's going to stay with you until you either make it louder or softer or let it go. So it's a little bit like the human voice, so you can put a human characteristic in it.” HumansLittlesBitsVoiceLittle BitNotesStrikesCharacteristicsOrgansLet It GoHuman Voice Author:Booker T. Jones
“The person sending ironic text messages has no idea that their voice does not sound so great in text. There's no dry sense of humor in a text. It comes off as a little bit shitty.” LittlesPersonsDoeIdeasBitsSoundVoiceLittle BitMessagesNo IdeaDrySense Of HumorIronicText MessageDry Sense Of Humor Author:Natasha Lyonne
“So many people took my opinion and some will give it more serious consideration because of who I am. Not because I have a specility in this field that I gave my opinion on, but simply because I am a little bit famous. I find that kind of power to presaude both frightening and exciting. My hope, my most frevent hope, is that I use this louder voice that success has given me, wisely. That I always remember that fame is the by product, not the substance of what I do.” PeopleGivingKindLittlesUseRememberGivenBitsVoiceOpinionFieldsSeriousProductsFameLittle BitExcitingWho I AmSubstanceConsiderationFrightening Author:Laurell K. Hamilton
“The whole thing of singing on my own has been accidental and random. I sang a huge amount as a kid, and I was a boy soprano. I didn't do that much classical music; I did a little bit. I had a lovely voice. And then when my voice dropped, I didn't worry about it consciously because I wasn't that invested in my singing at the time.” LittlesHas BeensWholeKidsBitsVoiceMy OwnBoysWorryHugeAmountLittle BitSingingLovelyClassical MusicSopranosLovely Voice Author:Sam Amidon
“And I remember that about three years before that, her first record had come out. And I just remember really liking this one song off it called "In My Bed" and being a little bit enamored. This, you know, this young kind of Jewish girl from North London, you know, I have the same thing - from a Jewish family from North London - with this incredible voice.” KnowsYearsFirstsKindLittlesRememberYoungSongGirlThreeBitsVoiceRecordsBedLittle BitIncrediblesLondonThree YearsEnamoredJewish Family Author:Mark Ronson
“I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice in the back of my brain that goes, "No, no, no. You could do better. This person over here is excelling. Try harder!" It still can be a little bit intimidating.” ShouldTryingLooksLittlesPersonsStillsEnoughAbleBitsVoiceBrainLittle BitHarderIntimidatingAccolades Author:Paul McCartney
“But Stacie Orrico was my childhood hero. I was about 12 when I found her music. She is a contemporary Christian artist, and I can honestly tell you that I don't think I'd have a soulful voice if I didn't listen to Stacie. I wanted to sound just like her growing up, and to this day I STILL think I sound a little bit like her. But she is AMAZING!” IfsThinkingLittlesStillsI CanWantedChristianArtistFoundBitsSoundVoiceGrowing UpGrowingChildhoodHeroLittle BitHonestlyContemporaryThis DayLike HerSoulfulContemporary Christian Author:Christina Grimmie
“As I grow and get older, mature a bit, and work on my big boy voice a little bit, I definitely want to direct.” WantLittlesBigsGrowsBitsVoiceBoysLittle BitDirectMature Author:Michael B. Jordan