"A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk."

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Source : Alec Guinness (1996). “Blessings in disguise”

Alec Guinness

#Voice Quotes #Silver Quotes #Trumpets Quotes

“I'm one of the nicest, most fair people I know.”
“A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.”
“During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo.”
“Once an individual is given a taste of the gratification that comes from triumph, and the tools to bring it about, they will spend a lifetime in its ongoing pursuit.”
“There is an element of autobiography in all fiction in that pain or distress, or pleasure, is based on the author's own. But in my case that is as far as it goes.”

Source : William Trevor (1999). “Death in Summer”, p.145, Penguin
“You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of the clerical militia with which the missiles of the most wicked are destroyed; fruitful olives, vines of Engaddi, fig-trees knowing no sterility; burning lamps to be ever held in the hand.”

Source : Richard de Bury (2013). “Philobiblon: A Treatise on the Love of Books”, p.12, Cambridge University Press
“I've been sent down to the minor leagues six or seven times in my career. You've just got to have that stability. It's huge. It's comforting. And it's reassuring. To be part of something in this world that's constantly changing like baseball, it's awesome to have your hope anchored in something that's so stable.”
“I think my beard (in 'Drag Me To Hell') is getting a better IMDb rating than I am.”

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