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Syllable Quotes

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I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.
Don Henley

It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.
Kate Smith

The aim of the tests carried on with these syllable series was, by means of repeated audible perusal of the separate series, to so impress them that immediately afterward they could voluntarily be reproduced.
Hermann Ebbinghaus

The relation of repetitions for learning and for repeating English stanzas needs no amplification. These were learned by heart on the first day with less than half of the repetitions necessary for the shortest of the syllable series.
Hermann Ebbinghaus

There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable.
Annie Dillard

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
Victor Hugo

With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable.
Michael Shanks

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