“Women's voices aren't heard often enough. Congress should reflect the population, but with only 20 percent women in the Senate and 18 percent in the House, it just doesn't.” ShouldEnoughHouseVoiceHeardPercentCongressPopulationSenate Author:Kirsten Gillibrand
“Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you can say anything and make people laugh maybe three times before they realize you're not telling jokes.” PeopleIfsEnoughThreeVoiceRealizingLinesLaughingJokesPercentNinePoundsSay AnythingThree TimesNinetyMaking People LaughDeliveryCockyNinety Nine Author:Buddy Hackett
“One-hundred percent, even now I doubt myself. I don't understand what people hear in my voice. I can't hear it myself, if you know what I mean.” PeopleIfsKnowsMeanI CanVoiceDoubtPercentHundred Author:Sam Smith
“During the first campaign, one of my jobs as my husband's spouse was to travel around the country and really listen to women. There were voices that were new to me: the voices of military spouses, many of them women, and veterans.... I was overwhelmed by their challenges, and the notion that we as a country don't even know that these women exist, because we live in a country where one percent of the population protects the rights and freedoms of the other 99 percent of us. I thought that if I had the opportunity to serve as First Lady, I was going to use this platform to be their voice.” IfsKnowsFirstsCountryUseJobsOpportunityVoiceChallengesRightsMilitaryProtectHusbandPercentNotionPopulationCampaignsMy HusbandPlatformsSpouseVeteranOverwhelmedFirst LadyRights And FreedomsMilitary Spouse Author:Michelle Obama
“I always wanted to be a musician, 100 percent, my whole life. I went to school, I did music theory, I did voice training and piano lessons, and while I was a decent musician, it didn't seem like enough for me. I felt like I wanted to make more than just music.” EnoughWholeSeemsWantedSchoolFeltVoiceTheoryLessonsMusicianTrainingPercentWhole LifePianoDecentPiano LessonMusic Theory Author:Adria Petty
“I'm not the only taxpayer who has no idea what he's sending to the IRS. This year, only 28 percent of all Americans will prepare their own tax returns, according to a voice in my head that invents accurate-sounding statistics.” YearsIdeasVoiceReturnTaxesPercentNo IdeaStatisticsAccurateTaxpayersIrsTax ReturnsVoices In My Head Author:Dave Barry
“The voice-over world has changed radically in the time that I've been in it. It used to be this rather small, select group of people who did 90 percent of the work. Now it's kind of the reverse: 90 percent of the work is done by this very broad mix of people all over the country, and the guys who used to be the go-to guys are a much smaller percentage now. But there was this massive interest in voice-over as well as in the story, so I think that also added to the film's appeal.” PeopleThinkingWorldWellsKindCountryDoneStoriesFilmUsedGuyVoiceInterestGroupsChangedPercentUsed To BeAppealsMassiveBroadsReversePercentagesSelectVoice Over Author:Fred Melamed
“I think in the '50s, the percentage of Americans employed by the private sector who were in unions was above 30 percent. And now it's in the single digits, so it plummeted. And with the plummeting of unions came the weakening of an organized working-class voice in politics.” ThinkingVoiceClassPercentUnionsOrganizedWorking ClassEmployedPercentagesPrivate SectorWeakening Author:George Packer
“I've been singing for six years. I've been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn't something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn't ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.” YearsWantedVoicePerfectReadySixSingingPercentPressesStudiosProducers Author:Tyra Banks
“I've got a gig," Jim said. I sat up in my bed, wide-awake. A gig was good- I needed the money. "Half." "Third." "Half." "Thirty-five percent." Jim's voice hardened. "Half." The phone went silent as my former Guild partner mulled it over. "Okay, forty." I hung up.(...) The phone rang. I let it ring twice before I picked it up. "Fine." Jim's voice had a hint of a snarl in it. "Half.” SaidVoiceHalfFiveFineNeededBedPercentOkayThirdsSilentPhonesWidePartnersRingsFormerAwakeThirtySatFortyHungGigsHintsHardenedWide AwakeGuilds Author:Ilona Andrews