Hewn Pronunciation Quotes & Sayings

Victoria's head ached under a heavy crown, and her hand throbbed - the ruby coronation ring had been jammed onto the wrong finger; it was later, painfully, removed with ice. Around her stood her older male advisers, in a state of disrepair. Her prime minister was half-stoned with opium and brandy, ostensibly taken to calm his stomach, and he viewed the entire ceremony in a fog. Her archbishop, having failed to rehearse, jumbled his lines. One of her lords tumbled down the steps when he approached to kiss her hand. But Victoria's composure was impeccable. Her voice was cool, silvery, and steady. — Julia Baird

I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me. — Abbey Lincoln

You have to know writing styles well before you can copy them - and then incorporate parts of them into your own style. — Josh Lieb

When you forget about your self consciousness for a moment, you forget about your true self, your real you and your true purpose for a moment — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

The way I looked when I started modelling - I was a skinny schoolgirl, stuffing tissues into my little 32A bra. I wasn't trying to be that thin; I was perfectly healthy, but still - that look is a total impossibility for women over the age of 20. Fashion has a lot to answer for, doesn't it? — Twiggy

Do people think that saying the words "Isn't that" in front of "selfish" masks the fact that they just blatantly called me selfish to my face? It's like when people say, "No offense, but," before saying something offensive. Or when someone says, "I don't mean to be racist," and then tells you that they think Puerto Rican people smell like burnt hamburgers. — Jen Kirkman

I've always used a mallet putter on tour. I get too much face rotation with a blade. — Lexi Thompson

For the past couple of years I've been pretty bored with music in general ... just bored with it. — Les Claypool

For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter
Of the Eternal's language; - on earth it is called Forgiveness! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow