"Listening is like running down a mountain on a switchback trail, the sound of surprise generating its own momentum. Thereâ€™s a punk glee inside the bluegrass craftâ€“and a punk vehemence inside the bluegrass smile."

-- Greil Marcus

#Running Quotes #Listening Quotes #Mountain Quotes

“I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me.”
“What I love more than anything is Jerry Goldsmith's 80's music and Bernard Herrmann's genre music from the 50's and 60's.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I'm not a housewife in any way.”
“It is not a good idea, either, to attach material such as Krystal Flash or Flashabou, then trim all strands at one spot. This gives most of the reflectiveness at one location - where the strands were severed. Instead, clip off the strands at different lengths along the entire body - that way you'll see little sparkles of light throughout the pattern”

Source : Lefty Kreh (1992). “Advanced Fly Fishing Techniques: Secrets of an Avid Fisherman”, Delacorte Press
“If you want to accomplish anything in life, you can't just sit back and hope it will happen. You've got to make it happen.”
“The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”
“In the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.”

Source : John Adams' Inaugural Address, avalon.law.yale.edu. March 4, 1797.
“It is pleasant to notice that the harmony between the naturalists and officers of the "Blake" was not for an instant disturbed during the time they were working in common. Everything in the way of naval routine was sacrificed for the time to the objects of the cruise, and the appearance of the deck and bow of the Blake was often more that of a mud-scow than of a vessel in the service of the United States.”

Source : Alexander Agassiz (1888). “A Contribution to American Thalassography: Three Cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Steameer "Blake", in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and Along the Atlantic Coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880”

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