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  • I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal range. I thought I could do an American accent until I tried it in front of an American - the expression of horror is still burnt onto my retinas.

  • I just went home to Illinois, and I asked my family, 'Are you guys planning on talking in those accents the whole time I'm home?' And my mother said, 'You used to talk like that, too, Tasha.' And I said, 'Yes, but you see, I've reinvented myself. Do you have any idea who I think I am?'

    Funny   Mother   Home  
  • Johnny Walker, the American that fought for the Taliban, is now talking with an Arabic accent. Have you heard him? It's ridiculous. I know how we should handle him. Let's bring him back here and take him to Cleveland Browns stadium and dress him up as a referee. They'll know how to take care of him!

  • Supposedly I've got traces of an English accent, though I can't hear it. I must have inherited it from my mother, who's English, and then I think it was exacerbated by the fact that I live with an Australian.

    Mother   Thinking   Facts  
  • I never would have guessed that I would get a job for the way I sound. I would get notes about how I should lose my accent, and part of me thinks, 'How dare you! This is who I am! Millions of people want to sound like me!' But it's sensitive, and I have tried to change it, with little to no success.

  • German accents and Hassidic accents aren't that romantic. They're more harsh. Although Hebrew, when spoken by certain people, sounds beautiful. There's this beautiful woman I know who speaks Hebrew, and when she speaks, it's so attractive. Maybe it's who's speaking it.

  • Color is a very personal thing. You need to make sure to choose a color that makes you happy. But I don't recommend accent walls - choose a color you can live with on all four walls.

    Wall   Color   Needs  
  • I like playing accents, and doing things like that, it was fun. It was fun.

    Fun   Accents  
  • Little fussy Otto, in his red-lined black opera cloak with pockets for all his gear, his shiny black shoes, his carefully cut widow's peak and, not least, his ridiculous accent that grew thicker or thinner depending on who he was talking to, did not look like a threat. He looked funny, a joke, a music-hall vampire. It had never previously occurred to Vimes that, just possibly, the joke was on other people.

    Cutting   Talking   Shoes  
  • What fortitude the Soul contains, That it can so endure The accent of a coming Foot- The opening of a Door.

    Doors   Feet   Soul  
    'Elysium is as far as to' (c.1882)
  • One can hardly be Indian and not know that almost every accent, which hand you eat your food with, has some deeper symbolic truth, reality.

    Reality   Hands   Accents  
  • To cultivate an English accent is already a departure away from what you are.

  • Leather accents on pieces make it fun and spices up an outfit.

    Fun   Spices   Pieces  
    "Rachel Bilson Shares Her Top Fall Piperlime Purchases" by Lauren Levinson, www.elle.com. October 3, 2012.
  • I was kidnapped by aliens, they came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in a foreign accent, and I escaped.

    Gun   Space   Laughing  
    Neil Gaiman (2013). “Coraline”, p.30, A&C Black
  • You can learn any accent you want. It's a fascinating thing.

  • The only reason I think I would marry a foreigner would be to have kids with weird accents.

  • If an angel should be winged from Heaven, on an errand of mercy to our country, the first accents that would glow on his lips would be, Beware! Be cautious! You have everything to lose; nothing to gain. We live under the only government that ever existed which was framed by the unrestrained and deliberate consultations of the people. Miracles do not cluster. That which has happened but once in six thousand years cannot be expected to happen often. Such a government, once gone, might leave a void, to be filled, for ages, with revolution and tumult, riot and despotism.

    Country   Angel   Years  
  • I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether it's a black or a white person.

  • The reason the first three Star Wars movies were so terrific, and the second three sucked so bad, is actually very simple. The first three were about rebels, shooting guns and driving fast, and speaking with American accents. The second three were about politicians, discussing treaties and holding court, and speaking with British accents.

    Stars   War   Simple  
  • FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions.

    Art   Discovery   America  
    Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.67, 谷月社
  • I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.

    "Alan Rickman & Rupert Grint On ‘CBGB,’ Reuniting Post-‘Potter’ And Favorite Halloween Costumes". Interview with Matthew Jacobs, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 12, 2013.
  • I used to go to the school folk club with my songs when I was only 13 or so and say "this is a traditional folk song" and sing it with a bad Irish accent to disguise the real source.

    Song   Real   School  
  • There is a white girl from Australia that spits in an Australian accent, and her name is Chelsea Jane. That I can get into. Teach me Australian Hip-Hop culture. Don't come to America and try to convince me that you're Gangsta Boo...We're not going to believe you if you're trying to convince us that you're out here trap shooting.

    Girl   Believe   Gangsta  
    "Iggy Azalea Responds to Female Rapper Rah Digga's Diss About Not Being "Real" Hip-Hop" by Bruna Nessif, www.eonline.com. September 25, 2014.
  • As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a phony accent that I can't shake, so it's not phony anymore.

    Kids   Guy   Sound  
    "October Release: Ryan Gosling & Michelle Williams". www.wmagazine.com. September 23, 2010.
  • I went to a dialect coach and she told me that I had five problems; two were my Israeli accent and three were my New Jersey accent. I don't even want to know what I sounded like back then!

    Source: www.justjared.com
  • There's an inverse relationship between my temper and my ability to control my accent. If you hear me say 'Fiddledeedee', run for the hills, because I'm getting ready to take out bystanders.

    Molly Harper (2011). “How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf”, p.105, Simon and Schuster
  • "Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. "It's simply a matter of waking up their souls."

    "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Book by Gabriel García Márquez, 1967.
  • Where are you from, Mr. Pendergast? Can't quite place the accent.” “New Orleans.” “What a coincidence! I went there for Mardi Gras once." “How nice for you. I myself have never attended.” Ludwig paused, the smile frozen on his face, wondering how to steer the conversation onto a more pertinent topic.

  • Voice-over stuff is so much fun because you don't have hair and makeup and wardrobe. You get to show up. And there were some talented people, and we don't even know them. And they're so gifted. They can do all these accents and voices. It's really fun to do that stuff. It's really like actor camp.

    Fun   Makeup   Hair  
    Source: www.avclub.com
  • To a Brit of my generation, one of the most objectionable things about [Margaret] Thatcher is her falsity. She is a total construct. For one thing, she had a made-over accent.

    Source: newrepublic.com
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