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Tag Name "Wail" (40)

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the whistle of the old steam trains ... could conjure up visions of bleak distances with one solitary wail.
M.C. Beaton
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I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today.
Buddy Rich
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Occasionally I sense an insane wail deep down in the pit, the echo alone reaching me, striking without warning, a child weeping uninhibitedly, imprisoned forever.
Ingmar Bergman
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And men my prophet wail deride!
Ilona Andrews
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I wanted a line in a poem to be the hollow ney of the dervish orchestra whose plaintive wail is a call to God. But all I achieved was awkward shrieking. Not even the pure shriek of a reed in the rain.
Anne Michaels
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The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.
Minna Antrim
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Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame,-nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
John Milton
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Laughter does not deny pain. Laughter - like a wail - acknowledges and replies to pain.
Tim O'Brien
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I'm a lost soul. We do wail.
Roger Zelazny
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Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
William Shakespeare
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Summary riposte To the dreary wail There's no knowing what Love is all about. Poets know a lot.
Robert Frost
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The harmonica is the most voice-like instrument, you can make it wail, feel happy, or cry. It's like singing the blues without words.
Charlie Musselwhite
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To make wail and lament for one's ill fortune, when one will win a tear from the audience, is well worthwhile.
Aeschylus
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I got to ninth grade and there was wrestling, and I went, 'Wait a minute, this is fun.' Basically, it was a chance for a small kid like me to get a chance to wail on another small kid. I went, 'I love this.' The discipline of it was great. Plus, I really started to be good at it.
Robin Williams
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You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.
Charlie Parker
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Cease, man, to mourn, to weep, to wail Enjoy thy shining hour of sun We dance along Death's icy brink, But is the dance less full of fun?
Richard Francis Burton
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