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Jazz should be recognized as music of the people, based in a lot of accents and melodies. What is jazz but music that people danced to? Jazz has the dynamic thing. I don't think you have to be playing only Charlie Parker licks on your horn or whatever the new version of that is. Al Jarreau
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When I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till makeup comes off. I just want everyone to be at ease, and not have the show's creators think, 'Oh my god, he's so English, why did we hire him?' Damian Lewis
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Accents are very easy for me. With me, it's clothing and makeup and hair and all that stuff that inform how the character moves and feels. Toks Olagundoye
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My accent has changed my whole life. When I was younger, it was very Nigerian, then when we went to England, it was very British. I think I have a very strange, hybrid accent, and I've worked very hard to get a solid American accent, which is what I use most of the time.
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I just felt it was my job to show that there is no easy way to success, and that anyone who gets even just one Top 40 hit deserves their moment in the sun. I accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. That is the timeless thing. Casey Kasem
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Yes, I'm blonde. When I started as an actor, because of the accent and my body and my personality, it was not what the stereotype of the Latina woman in Hollywood is, so they didn't know where to put me. The blond hair wasn't matching. The moment I put my hair dark, it was better for my work. Sofia Vergara
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If you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you won't hear an English accent. You'll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent.
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I opt for clothes that complement my body type. I am not someone who will go for something just because it is trendy and not look good on me. I would choose clothes which are comfortable and accentuate my body type. Nimrat Kaur
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I used to play a lot of foreign women in my youth because I was prettier then. I would go for interviews, and directors would look at these sultry, exotic looks, hear this clipped accent and think the two don't go together. So they would give me a foreign accent. Kate O'Mara
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews! Laura Osnes
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Trouble is, some accents lend themselves to comedy. Martin Freeman
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I'll never forget when we played Shepherd's Bush in London. We played 'I Run To You', and we put the mic out for the last chorus, and you could hear them singing the chorus with the beautiful accent that they have. Hillary Scott
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Sure, why not?. You close your eyes once in a while, put on a Richard Burton accent maybe - something from the home country, it gives a little variety, the spice of life. Michael Douglas
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My natural accent is American. I chose to speak with a U.K. accent when I was about to enter the final year at drama school in London. I was going to try to find a way to stay in the U.K. after I finished college and could not imagine trying to live and get work there with an American accent. Jennifer Ehle
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My mother is American. I first went to school in America, and we came back when I was about six to rural Norfolk. In primary school, I was teased immediately and mercilessly. I probably dropped that accent within about 10 days. Adam Rayner
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I think we have good players. At the end of the day that's usually what gets it done. We have been put into a system that tries to accentuate our strengths. I think, compared to the other teams in the league, we have gotten off to a head start just by the mere fact that we have good players here.
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I think being a character actor is exciting in that it allows you to embody completely different things, whether it's through wild accents or a crazy bad guy or a drunken good guy. Jackie Earle Haley
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I think adding Brett is a huge plus. He gives us four starters capable of going 180 to 210 innings. He's won a lot of games. We have a staff that will accentuate his strengths. I think he has more upside than he's shown. Ned Colletti
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Latinos are very sensitive to different accents. I sort of lost my Mexican accent, and that's what they were looking for in this case some sort of neutral accent that could be understood on both coasts and in different Hispanic communities: Puerto Ricans on the East Coast, Cubans in Fort Lauderdale and Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles. Jorge Ramos
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Renewable power mandates merely accentuate the inefficiency and cost premiums attached to so-called renewable power sources. If renewable power saved consumers money, created jobs, or carried any of the other economic benefits so frequently claimed by environmental activists, then government would not have to pass a law to force power companies to purchase it or consumers to buy it.
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Americans aren't good at accents, but the English are because their accents change. You go five or six blocks and the accent is different, so they are used to hearing different pitches. In America, you gotta travel maybe 10 states before you can really hear a difference. Nick Nolte
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We used to do sock puppet shows for my auntie back in the day. Me and my friends would do accents of Englishmen, and we would sip tea and act like we were rich in front of the family, and they thought it was just hilarious, the level of perception that we had about things that we'd never experienced. Keith Stanfield
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What I try to do with the accent of any character I play is not necessarily to do something that's generic - an Indian accent and that's how it sounds, for example. I think the accent needs to sound authentic on this person. Adhir Kalyan
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My accent's become a weird hybrid. Anthony LaPaglia
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I had a vocal coach. It's a sad thing, but I had to hire someone so that I could get my Australian accent back.
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I'm pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately. Cillian Murphy
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I got criticized for my accent more by Mormons than people in England. The people in England thought I was Welsh. Kirby Heyborne
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He was concerned about how the British accents would translate, and sometimes we rerecorded lines to make things clearer, Nick Park
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I always say Los Angeles is the place where British people come to exceed their worth. It's quite true of everything: The British accent does open doors. Ryan Cartwright
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Leverage has been a profitable trade in the past and it has allowed many closed-end funds to deliver very compelling yields, but the risk is your total return could suffer. Leverage can cut both ways; it can magnify your gains but it can also accentuate your losses. ... On the flip side, if you are delving into these more unusual strategies, one could argue the closed-end format lends itself to them pretty well, because your manager is not having to redeem shares everyday.
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Librarians are an essential and vital bridge to the reader, ... As book lovers, librarians introduce readers to books every day. I think it's essential that librarians accentuate reading for pleasure and have a solid understanding, respect, even affection for popular fiction.
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My dad did every single accent under the sun, and he would read bedtime stories. Lily James
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Music controls moods and accents life's moments. It's necessary for every situation. Chuck Inglish