Johnnie Ray (1927–1990) American singer, actor, songwriter and composer
On his partial deafness, interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzylptCm7Dk with Hugh Downs (1977)
“when the phone rings
I too would like to hear words
that might ease
some of this.”
Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell
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I too would like to hear words
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“Bright is the ring of words
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Robert Louis Stevenson book Songs of Travel and Other Verses
No. XIV
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Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
The Sound of Silence
Song lyrics, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
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Philippe Kahn (1952) Entrepreneur, camera phone creator
Speech at the firt Future Imaging conference in Monterrey, California.
“The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone.”
Douglas Adams book Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
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