"My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of someone from Birmingham, and then I was raised in Bedford, which is just north of London. So my accent, if it's possible, makes even less sense to a Brit than to an American."

-- John Oliver

#Tone Quotes #Sound Quotes #Vowels Quotes

“I'm just trying to age as ungracefully as I can in front of the nation.”
“Let ancient times delight other folk, I rejoice that I was not born till now.”
“May the Lord bless you real good.”
“I hate the cliche of 'just have fun,' but what I've seen in today's sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure on the kids.”
“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.”
“The wise are balanced, and the foolish are extreme.”
“Writing is another powerful way to sharpen the mental saw. Keeping a journal of our thoughts, experiences, insights, and learnings promotes mental clarity, exactness, and context.”
“I grow vegetables - I'm a vegetarian; I've got strawberries, artichokes, leeks, broad beans.”

Source : "Lady Rolling Stone". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2008.

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