"For lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day."

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Source : Evelyn Underhill, Dana Greene (1988). “Evelyn Underhill: Modern Guide to the Ancient Quest for the Holy”, p.75, SUNY Press

Evelyn Underhill

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“Wars are fought by children. Conceived by their mad demonic elders, and fought by boys.”

Source : 1987 Moon Tiger, ch.8.
“I had simply been inspired by Arthur Godfrey (40's) and Ukulele Ike and Cliff Edwards (20's). In there day, they were huge in this country. I bought Godfrey's book "You Too Can Learn To Play Ukulele" and taught myself. It's a very romantic instrument. You can take it on a canoe.”
“In China, you have to have a strong leader for a business to get anything done.”
“When someone says, 'I love you,' he is telling you about himself, not you. When someone says, 'I hate you,' she is telling you about herself, not you. World views are self views-literally.”
“I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad.”
“I know that human beings are better together than they are apart, as much as I fought that all my life.”

Source : "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.
“Value denotes a relation reciprocally existing between two objects, and the precise relation which it denotes is the quantity of the one which can be obtained in exchange for a given quantity of the other.”

Source : Nassau William Senior (1836). “An Outline of the Science of Political Economy”, p.134
“Some sarcasm is best told simply. Some humor is best told big and some is best told small.”

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