"I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could."

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Source : John James Audubon (1899). “Audubon and His Journals”

John James Audubon

#Song Quotes #Bird Quotes #Listening Quotes

“That's a yellow card for Cazoria. So the next time he's involved in Europe, he won't be.”
“St. Tropez has a face glow that is amazing - you can put it on without makeup, and your skin just glows.”
“I always say the first sign of a good idea is a lot of people not believing in it. I can tell you this right now, if you have an idea that makes complete logical sense and people donâ€™t believe in it, then you probably have a brilliant idea.”
“Except when physically restrained, a person is least free or dignified when he is under threat of punishment, and unfortunately most people often are.”
“Man was mark'd A friend in his creation to himself, And may, with fit ambition, conceive The greatest blessings, and the highest honors Appointed for him, if he can achieve them The right and noble way.”

Source : Philip Massinger, John Ford (1859). “The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford”, p.356
“A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself; he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him.”
“My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer.”
“Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees”

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