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“What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists the fossils, botanists the flowers, artists the colouring, sportmen the cover for the game. Though we may all look at the same things, it does not all follow that we should see them.”
― The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in
― The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in
“Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”
― Airman's Odyssey
― Airman's Odyssey
“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
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Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
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“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”
― The Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling: Captains Courageous - Kim
― The Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling: Captains Courageous - Kim
“And I shall watch the ferry boats, and they'll get high,
On a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky,
And I will never grow so old again,
And I will walk and talk, in gardens all wet with rain.
- Sweet Thing”
― Lit Up Inside: Selected Lyrics
On a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky,
And I will never grow so old again,
And I will walk and talk, in gardens all wet with rain.
- Sweet Thing”
― Lit Up Inside: Selected Lyrics
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