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“Come, ye saints, look here and wonder, See the place where Jesus lay; He has burst His bands asunder; He has borne our sins away; Joyful tidings, Yes, the Lord has risen to-day.”

Looks Jesus Sin Wonder Lord Band Lays Saint Joyful Easter Risen Tidings Easter Day

Author:Thomas Raymond Kelly

“Philosophy, beginning in wonder, as Plato and Aristotle said, is able to fancy everything different from what it is. It sees the familiar as if it were strange, and the strange as if it were familiar. It can take things up and lay them down again. It rouses us from our native dogmatic slumber and breaks up our caked prejudices.”

Ifs Said Different Philosophy Able Wonder Break Strange Prejudice Lays Familiar Fancy Native Plato Slumber Dogmatic Plato And Aristotle

Book:William James: Essays and Lectures

Source: William James: Essays and Lectures

“how much of the fun of parenthood lay in watching the children remake, with delighted wonder, one's own discoveries.”

Children Fun Wonder Discovery Lays Parenthood Delighted Remakes

Book:Mrs. Miniver

Source: Mrs. Miniver

“[Jazz] is a music of freedom and wonder. It's our indigenous art form, and I'm still blessed to travel around the world and people lay out the carpet for us, so it's quite touching.”

People World Art Stills Form Wonder Blessed Lays Jazz Around The World Touching Carpet Indigenous

Author:Charles Lloyd

“Yet nor the lays of birds nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue Could make me any summer's story tell, Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew; Nor did I wonder at the lily's white, Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose; They were but sweet, but figures of delight, Drawn after you, you pattern of all those.”

Source: The Globe Edition. The Works of William Shakespeare, Edited by W. G. Clark and W. Aldis Wright

“Wonder... and not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature.”

Firsts Philosophy Wonder Principles Knowledge Study Mankind Expectations Discovery Advantage Connections Lays Various Appearance Concealed Prompts

Author:Adam Smith

“We talked about trying to create an image that would somehow, to an audience, create the sense of awe, wonder and shock that the troops must have felt that their monarch - and a female monarch - went to the frontline of battle and was prepared to lay down her life. This speech is so well known and has been done in virtually every version of the events of Elizabeth's life.”

Trying Wells Has Beens Done Felt Known Wonder Audience Events Battle Speech Female Lays Prepared Versions Awe Shock Troops Well Known Monarchs Frontline

Author:Cate Blanchett

“You woke in the morning with the weight of doom on your head. You lay with eyes shut wondering why you dreaded the day; was it a debt, was it a lost love? -and then you remembered the nightmare....This was no time for beauty, for love, or private future....There was no future; everyone waited, marked time, waited. For what?”

Eye Lost Wonder Morning Weight Lays Debt Remembered Nightmare Lost Love Doom

Author:Dawn Powell

“We lay out our lives in a narrative we understand, like a movie, but are you enjoying making it or are you wondering who's watching my movie.”

Life Stories Enjoy Understanding Wonder Our Lives Lays Storytelling Narrative Live Life Movie Filmmaking Living My Life Watchers Live Life Happy Layout

Author:Donald Glover