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“The wonder is not that so much cacophony appears in our actual individual lives, but that there is any appearance of harmony and progression.”

Individual Wonder Progress Harmony Appearance Progression Individual Life Cacophony

Author:Lewis Mumford

“Turning points in my life... the bush, the trails, lakes, waterfalls... moving camp from one wonderful lake to another... the companionship of a great individual, a wonder with canoe, axe and fish line.”

Moving Individual Lines Wonder Wonderful Fishes Lakes Camps Companionship Trails Renewal Turning Points Waterfalls

Author:Arthur Lismer

“When it comes to judging individuals, I do not like remarks such as 'too good to be true.' They speak as though one is rewarding the nature of evil. Yet, ironically, we still wonder where all the good people have gone.”

People Stills Evil Individual Speak Wonder Gone Judging Being True Good People Remarks Too Good To Be True Nature Of Evil

Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“Every American travelling in England gets his own individual sport out of the toy passenger and freight trains and the tiny locomotives, with their faint, indignant, tiny whistle. Especially in western England one wonders how the business of a nation can possibly be carried on by means so insufficient.”

Mean Individual Nations Sports Wonder England Train Western Tiny Toys Passengers Insufficient Indignant Locomotives

Book:The World and the Parish: Willa Cather's Articles and Reviews, 1893-1902

Source: The World and the Parish: Willa Cather's Articles and Reviews, 1893-1902

“[A] world in which it is wrong to murder an individual civilian and right to drop a thousand tons of high explosive on a residential area does sometimes make me wonder whether this earth of ours is not a loony bin made use of by some other planet. Not to have a national anthem would be logical.”

World Doe Made Sometimes Use Would Be Earth Individual Wonder Planets Thousand Areas Murder Logical Civilians Explosives Anthem National Anthem

Book:The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: As I please, 1943-1945

Source: The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: As I please, 1943-1945

“Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.”

Wells May Individual Education Wonder Genius

Book:Table-talk

Source: Table-talk

“It's a little bit odd. The first time you do the play, you kind of throw yourself into it, trying to get the most out of all the individual moments. Then, a few hours later, you're still there, wondering what you could possibly do differently than what you just did a couple hours ago.”

Trying Firsts Kind Littles Stills Play Moments Individual Bits Hours Wonder Couple Little Bit First Time Odd

Author:Michael Shannon

“I wonder why people so commonly suppose that if two individuals are both writers they must therefore be hugely congenial.”

People Ifs Two Individual Wonder

Book:ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Complete Collection: ALL 14 Books in One Volume (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Rainbow Valley, The Story Girl, Chronicles of Avonlea and more): Including Letters and Autobiography of Lucy Maud Montgomery

Source: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Complete Collection: ALL 14 Books in One Volume (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Rainbow Valley, The Story Girl, Chronicles of Avonlea and more): Including Letters and Autobiography of Lucy Maud Montgomery

“I detest tradition for tradition's sake; the half-alive; that which is not real. I feel no hatred of individuals, but of customs, traditions; superstitions that go against life, against truth, against the reality of experience, against the spontaneous living out of the sense of wonder-of fresh experience, freshly seen and communicated.”

Feels Real Reality Individual Half Wonder Alive Tradition Hatred Sake Customs Superstitions Spontaneous Detest Sense Of Wonder

Author:Alfred Stieglitz

“Casals says music fills him with the wonder of life and the 'incredible marvel' of being a human. Ives says it expands his mind and challenges him to be a true individual. Bernstein says it is enriching and ennobling. To me, that sounds like a good cause for making music and the arts an integral part of every child's education. Studying music and the arts elevates children's education, expands students' horizons, and teaches them to appreciate the wonder of life.”

Mind Humans Children Art Individual Causes Sound Challenges Wonder Teach Study Students Appreciate Incredibles Horizon Enriching Good Causes Wonder Of Life Studying Music

Author:Richard Riley

“I write each song individually and each one calls for individual musicians, You sit around and wonder who can we get to play a Neil Young solo, and then you realize there`s a good chance you can get Neil himself.”

Writing Play Young Song Individual Realizing Chance Wonder Musician Solo Good Chance

Author:Warren Zevon

“We may agree, for example, that our societies must provide greater security for the individual; yet if all we succeed in producing is a providing increased anonymity and ever increasing boredom, then we should not wonder if ingenious man turns to such amusements as drugs, housebreaking, vandalism, mayhem, riots, or - at the most harmless - strange haircuts, costumes, standards of cleanliness, and sexual experiments.”

“Strangely, although they may seem worlds apart, boxing and tennis have a certain kinship. Two individuals head-to-head, probing for weakness and attacking it. Footwork, timing and stamina are essential. Just you and your opponent until one of you is beaten. There's no brain damage in tennis - although sometimes I wonder.”