"I never heard a wood thrush until I was a grown man, though I must have been surrounded by them every spring. Each year I discover new sights and sounds to teach me how blind and deaf I must still be."

-- Louis J. Halle

#Spring Quotes #Men Quotes #Sight Quotes

“On many occasions New Zealand has spoken about the need to ensure that women's concerns are fully integrated into all aspects of the United Nations' activities and structures, not marginalised in one part of the Secretariat.”
“Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical.”
“I am now more sure than ever that we're going to have a bipartisan bill ... making incredible progress.”
“The way I work is mostly unconscious and instinctive.”
“After the hockey stick, Sardara Singh scores with the broom! A great effort by him towards a Swachh Bharat.”
“You need to find your OWN purpose. I cannot BUILD desire.”
“With the DS and Wii, following the titles that were released at launch, the momentum dropped when there was a gap in software releases. We're making plans so that this type of thing won't happen.”
“Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to idealize a world which ought to be. But no matter what political or religious direction such idealists choose, their visions always share one telling characteristic: in their utopias, heavens or brave new worlds, their greatest personal weakness suddenly appears to be a strength.”

Source : David James Duncan (2010). “The Brothers K”, p.320, Dial Press

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