Tone Quotes - Page 19

• The sabbath is God's special present to the working man, and one of its chief objects is to prolong his life, and preserve efficient his working tone. The savings bank of human existence is the weekly sabbath.

  William Blaikie

  Men, Special, Saving

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• Do they think that they have given us great pleasure by telling us that they hold our soul to be no more than wind or smoke, and saying it moreover in tones of pride and satisfaction? Is this then something to be said gaily? Is it not on the contrary something to be said sadly, as being the saddest thing in the world?

  Blaise Pascal

  Pride, Thinking, Wind

  Blaise Pascal (2008). “Human Happiness”, Penguin Group USA

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• It is a very small minority point of view and I think, through continuing to set the tone of tolerance, acceptance, and diversity, you just have to further marginalize such people. Hopefully one day nobody will think that way.

  Helen Clark

  Acceptance, Thinking, Views

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• You are a valuable instrument in the orchestration of your own world, and the overall harmony of the universe. Always be in command of your music. Only you can control and shape its tone. If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song.

  Suzy Kassem

  Song, World, Shapes

  "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.

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• When you're shooting 20-odd episodes in a season, the last thing you want is for each script to be the same tone.

  Jonny Lee Miller

  Shooting, Want, Lasts

  Source: collider.com

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• There's always a tone that you have to hit right in horror. With the blood, you want to make sure that it makes sense all along.

  Fede Alvarez

  Blood, Want, Horror

  Source: collider.com

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• Tone is an interesting question because part of the inspiration of looking to song is that Geisel himself - when you think about his animated version of The Grinch - embraced the idea of using songs in unconventional ways, as part of conveying a narrative. The use of music, in this film, is very unconventional, which I love.

  Christopher Meledandri

  Song, Inspiration, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• I believe really deeply in the pilot process because you learn things about tone and casting.

  John Landgraf

  Believe, Pilots, Casting

  Source: collider.com

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• When you read a book [The Hunger Games], you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination. In the book, it's great when she can push a button and food comes up, as per your order.

  Nina Jacobson

  Book, Reading, Order

  Source: collider.com

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• Yoga changed my body 100 percent. It tones everything and leans you out. Dancer's pose is amazing. It works every muscle!

  Nina Dobrev

  Yoga, Dancer, Body

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• I'm a dark blonde, yes. I dyed my hair blue, then black, when I was 14. I thought the colour was more flattering and matched my skin tone. I don't think I'd ever change back unless it was for a film.

  Eva Green

  Dark, Thinking, Skin Tone

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• A determined man, by his very attitude and the tone of his voice, puts a stop to defeat, and begins to conquer.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Attitude, Men, Voice

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). “The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.336, University of Georgia Press

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• I'm not a lawmaker, but I was thinking that if you have a really loud ring tone, maybe you should be stabbed in the ear?

  Demetri Martin

  Thinking, Ears, Lawmakers

  Twitter post from Aug 19, 2013

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• I say it with my tongue firmly planted in cheek but there's truth to it - being a comedian is very close to being a therapist. When you're working smaller clubs, you're listening. You're feeling an energy, you're going with a tone but when people start yelling out, you almost start a conversation with people.

  Dane Cook

  Yelling, People, Feelings

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• You might be a redneck if your vehicle has a two-tone paint job - primer red and primer gray.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Jobs, Redneck, Two

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• I think my first impression (of Bix Beiderbecke) was the lasting one. I remember very clearly thinking, 'Where, what planet, did this guy come from? Is he from outer space?' I'd never heard anything like the way he played-not in Chicago, no place. The tone-he had this wonderful, ringing cornet tone. He could have played in a symphony orchestra with that tone. But also the intervals he played, the figures-whatever the hell he did. There was a refinement about his playing. You know, in those days I played a little trumpet, and I could play all the solos from his records, by heart.

  Benny Goodman

  Heart, Thinking, Play

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• I don't know if this is true of everyone, but I have this relationship with my parents where, despite however mature or articulate or grown-up I think I've become, as soon as I go home, I turn into this petulant 13-year-old, especially with the tone of my voice.

  Jenna Fischer

  Home, Thinking, Years

  "Jenna Fischer Talks A LITTLE HELP and THE OFFICE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 15, 2011.

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• Sometimes I pick up the phone, listen to cold caller alias name, repeat it several times in an incredulous tone and then - bam! - pretend to recognise them. I ask them if they remember the hell of a time we had at the 1985 summer camp when we set fire to the wooden shed, and I keep making things up and go on and on until they end up terminating the call.

  Sean O'Grady

  Summer, Names, Fire

  Source: www.independent.co.uk

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• And this movie [Real Steel] definitely looks like nothing else I've made, which was the point. I think also, Evangeline and Hugh are such a fantastic... Their chemistry is so genuine. And also it's a good balance to all those visual effects. It'll give you more of the tone.

  Shawn Anthony Levy

  Real, Thinking, Giving

  Source: collider.com

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• Yeah, because we wanted to go back to the original tone. It's one of the original movies like The Muppet Movie, Muppets Take Manhattan, The Great Muppet Caper. Those kinds of movies. So that was really important that we hit that tone and those have a lot of cameos in them and so Jason and I started asking people and everyone we asked just wants to do it.

  Nicholas Stoller

  People, Important, Jason

  Source: collider.com

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• I love Starship Troopers. That's really smart. I think he really could portray fascism in a comedic way. It's funny because both José [Padilha] and [Paul] Verhoeven were accused of being fascists for their movies because they had fascist leads. So, it's not going to have his tone, but there's going to be political satire in it.

  Joel Kinnaman

  Smart, Thinking, Political

  Source: collider.com

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• It's too difficult to convey tone in electronic communication. And we can solve this my friends. All we need is some new fonts. 'Great party Arj. Best party ever.' What a jerk! How do you know he wasn't being sincere, Arj? Because he wrote it in Sarcastica! If he had enjoyed himself, he would have used Good Times Roman.

  Arj Barker

  Party, Communication, Needs

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• I have no ability to develop muscle tone. I could do situps all day and still look like a condom full of walnuts.

  Dana Gould

  Looks, Condom, Muscles

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• I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor. I loved his tone; I loved his physicality; I loved everything about what he was doing as a comedic actor.

  J. B. Smoove

  Perfect, Actors, Comedy

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• I probably wouldn't be singing if not for Michael Jackson. When I started singing, I didn't like my tone until my mom put me on to Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, so listening to the way they used their instrument helped me get more comfortable with my own.

  Ne-Yo

  Mom, Listening, Singing

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