"To see is to forget the name of…" — Paul Valery

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• My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find… — Saint Augustine
• A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. — Walter Bagehot
• There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they… — Abu Bakar Bashir
• I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of… — Theodore Bikel
• A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. — William Blake
• But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one… — Bono
• No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. — Elizabeth Bowen
• I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do… — David Bowie
• Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• I was always longing to do, emotionally and physically, what my male counterparts always got to do. I just felt… — Sandra Bullock
• I've always said that the experience of meeting an artist that you are in awe of and that you hope… — Sandra Bullock
• I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real… — Nicolas Cage

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