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We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.
I don't like the ironic tone that our pop culture, in the world, has taken. Everything is 'ironic.' Everything is 'cool.'
The eternal and uneasy relationship between ballet and modern dance endures, but radically altered in tone and intensity.
People told her she hadn't changed much, in a tone which hinted they were surprised and a little disappointed she hadn't.
Music can help uncover that tone that's in the fabric of the movie. Sometimes it's very plain to see, sometimes it's not.
It's rare that movies can sort of capture the tone of life; movies always feel like they have to be one thing or another.
There is something only a CEO uniquely can do, which is set that tone, which can then capture the soul of the collective.
I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don't always want to do the same tone over and over again.
Ultimately, I don't think you can teach a tone-deaf person how to sing. Some talents you're just born with, unfortunately.
I wanted to be a lead singer in a band. I can't sing. I'm almost tone deaf. I still play. Next life, rock'n'roll for sure.
I've said I want the meanest, toughest SOB I can find to protect America. And so that's why Trump's tone doesn't bother me.
For film and TV, try to have a more conversational tone. For stage, you'll need better diction and bigger vocal production.
I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA.
I had never made a record before, so I didn't know anything about it. I don't know anything about knobs, frequencies, tones.
Anyone that was raised with a Germanic language will agree that our tone is strong, especially once translated into English.
But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness
The process of selecting the tone on the guitar is an aesthetic process like any other, so you try a lot of different things.
Yeah, I mean, I think I'm obsessed with tone in the movies. Tone has always been the main thing that I go after with a movie.
'What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal' was thrilling in its light, deceptive tone, its subtle but irresistible momentum.
The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it.
In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahmss four symphonies and Richard Strausss tone poems.
[Michael Flynn is not] the kind of person who is going to be more buttoned-up kind of military figure and that partisan tone.
Circuit training is a great way to go. Keeping the reps high and the weight low, you'll tone your muscles without bulking up.
My father was Bolivian, which makes me half-Bolivian. It's where I got some of my exotic features and certainly my skin tone.
Real Madrid's history sets the tone for any professional coming to this club: winning consistently under the greatest demands.
In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahms's four symphonies and Richard Strauss's tone poems.
You got guts taking that tone with me. (Nykyrian) What you gonna do, oh great wounded one? I’m the one with the injector. (Syn)
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.
James Hetfield, I mean, the minute he plugs in his guitar and adjusts the tone knob, he comes up with the world's greatest riff.
I don't know why I do what I do. I tend to go for the really weird, bizarre stuff. I actually have to tone it down for the show.
I think that the plus-size industry has been great with size diversity, but it hasn't really been great for skin tone diversity.
If you look at me in 'Ride Along,' even though I'm playing two different characters, my demeanor and my tone were not aggressive.
Nonviolent, visual protests have a long history of forming images that can quickly go viral and set a powerful tone for a moment.
One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.
You have to find your tone and work within that to make it as real so the audience can really engage in the story you're telling.
The mood of the country is set by its leaders and they are failing us by not setting a compassionate moral tone in a complex time.
The essence of higher instrumental music lays herein that one is able to express in tones that what one is unable to say in words.
During the game, there has to be a moment where you have to set the tone. You have to let them know that you're a physical player.
At the end of the day, you, as the player, create the tone coming out of the amp. The gear is part of it but by no means all of it.
Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work.
The more veiled becomes the outside world, steadily losing in colour, tone and passions, the more urgently the inner world calls us
Setting a tone of inclusiveness and ensuring protection for all begins at the top, whether from the White House or the State House.
The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.
Sometimes I think we're exposed to things we shouldn't be exposed to too early. I think that sets the tone to a person's whole life.
I haven't even had to learn, but it's just this natural thing to be able to express any emotion I have through the tone of my voice.
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.'
If I had tried to adopt the tone and vibe of other serious journalists, that would have come across as insincere, forced, and false.
Know that the immediate staff and others in the Administration will assume that your manner, tone and tempo reflect the President's.
In the case of 'The Lovely Bones,' I felt that it was subject matter not often dealt with in film, and with a tone that is also rare.
In 'Futurama,' the skin color is no longer yellow. They have actually evolved to cartoon skin tone. But they still have four fingers.