"As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature."

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Source : John James Audubon (1831). “Ornithological Biography, Or an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America: Accompanied by Descriptions of the Objects Represented in the Work Entitled The Birds of America, and Interspersed with Delineations of American Scenery and Manners”, p.7

John James Audubon

#Nature Quotes #Becoming Quotes #Grew Up Quotes

“Denial was a weapon; it killed truth, numbed the mind, and I was a junkie.”

Source : John Hart (2010). “The King of Lies”, p.72, Macmillan
“The children of our Lord walk gladly in his ways; they have confidence in him, and so when they fall, they rise again; and if, instead of stopping to grumble about the stone they have tripped over, they humble themselves at their fall, this helps them to advance with great strides in his love.”
“To young men who are looking for an opportunity and who complain there is no opening for them, permit me to say this: 'Go where the poor and the under-privileged are. They will be glad to hear you. When you have learned to bless them, others will be calling for your services. Don't wait for opportunity to come walking up to you. Go to meet it.'”
“If you had pockets, you were associated with a labor force. It meant you had things to carry yourself. Otherwise, your lady's maid or your manservant would have done it for you.”
“If you look at movies with Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart and all the rest of it, none of them looks like a boy. They always looked like mature men. The audience didn't want to go and see kids.”

Source : "Tom Conti: 'I knew nothing at all about street dance ... '". Interview With Henry Barnes, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2012.
“I think the best advice I would give young artists is to always be working on your craft, because there are so many people out there with a dream similar to yours, a whole lot more than when I started.”
“A state, a community, caring first for all its children, providing amply for their spiritual as for their temporal well-being, has organized the primitive Eden.”
“Country, blues, rock 'n' roll, these are things that anybody can sing - male, female, person of color. From wherever you are in the world, you can sing this.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org

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