Quotes About Voice

Obviously local people will have their local voice through the police and crime commissioners that they've elected to determine their local policing.

I'm very literate on policy. I'm very literate on the issues, and I'm an American first. I've been involved in politics long before I was an actress. I just happen to have a platform now. I just happen to have a voice.

I have a hands-off policy when it comes to my larynx.

There's this whole feeling that women should be small and quiet and polite, and I don't think that's really gotten us anywhere.

Women have learned to flex their political muscles. You got to flex that muscle to get what you want.

In my work as an actress and an activist, I've spent many years working with low income communities and people of color who don't always have a voice in our political process.

It's important for me, politically, to see that theater isn't just about the powerful.

What drew me to politics in the first place was the fact that I wanted to have a place to take a stand and use my voice to express what I believed in. But I've no longer got any political aspirations. I feel that as a politician, fifty per cent of people would hate you before you even left the house.

I am not a politician or a military strategist. I am just a citizen voicing my opinions.

Nowadays, people in the entertainment industry can have a louder voice than politicians, and I think it's important that they use that voice to say something positive or to give a voice to somebody that's had theirs taken away.

I stand in support of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations and all Canadians who find themselves with no voice in our present version of democracy, who are trying to come up with the entry fee that gets them a seat at the table where their pollution future is being discussed.

I got a call from my agent saying you have an offer to voice a cartoon by the name of 'My Little Pony.' And that's pretty much what went in my ear. So I asked him the three questions that actors always ask. I need to see the script, when and how much, which were legitimate questions.

I sing a little bit, yeah. But I sing very poorly.

I've learned a lot about my voice, and about things I can do with it. Maybe that's why my sound has become a little more pop.

There is no pop category, let alone any infinitely gene-sliced genre name, to contain the lead in Rihanna's voice in 'Needed Me.'

I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice.

My voice is different, but I don't think I'm the only one with a different take on pop music.

The voice is probably supposed to have some cracks and pops and some mistakes in it.

I don't like it when people spout about the popular opinion just to make it louder.

Well, it's very clear that the Arab population is rising because they'd like to have a say in the running of their affairs, running of their government, and this is very legitimate.

The states have never had a voice when it comes to immigration or population policy. I think that needs to change.

A country can develop only when you ensure these basic rights, let them voice their opinion and give them basic education, hygiene, medication, portable water and when you empower that is true development.

I think Dr. King, if he were alive today, he wouldn't disrespect the flag or the anthem; he would use his words and his voice to send a message for positive change.

One of the few positive things about social media now is you have a voice and you can influence people.