"Nature was my kindergarten."

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Source : William Christopher Handy (1947). “Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy”

William Christopher Handy

#Kindergarten Quotes

“Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth”

Source : "Affronts, Insults and Indignities". Book by Morris Mandel, 1975.
“My dad is a Deadhead, my mom's a Jewish-American princess from Jersey.”
“I am often lost in my own world, with a frown on my face.”

Source : "Hayley Atwell: 'The real me is a loner, a nerd and a bit overweight'". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. October 9, 2010.
“There is a strong current in contemporary culture advocating ' holistic ' views as some sort of cure-all... Reductionism implies attention to a lower level while holistic implies attention to higher level. These are intertwined in any satisfactory description: and each entails some loss relative to our cognitive preferences, as well as some gain... there is no whole system without an interconnection of its parts and there is no whole system without an environment.”

Source : "From autopoiesis to neurophenomenology: Francisco Varela's exploration of the biophysics of being" by D. Rudrauf, Biol Res 36: 27-65, 2003.
“I get to do some kind of artwork almost everyday and it just so happens that I can pay the bills and support my family while doing it.”
“Well, you can certainly teach free-throwing. And you can teach the boys to pass at angles and run in curves. - University of Kansas Jayhawks head coach Phog Allen, reposting the contention of his Kansas predecessor and inventor of basketball James Naismith, pictured, that basketball could not be coached When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.”
“I think most directors subscribe to the principle that less is more, and the best direction is the most concise direction.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Don't wait for some miracle to be performed on you from without, lifting you above your fears and doubts and self-centeredness. You help God from within by turning in outgoing love to others, and miraculously your fears and doubts and self-centeredness will vanish. The miracle starts within, not from without.”

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