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		A little tap at the window, as though some missile had struck it, followed by a plentiful, falling sound, as light, though, as if a shower of sand were being sprinkled from a window overhead; then the fall spread, took on an order, a rhythm, became liquid, loud, drumming, musical, innumerable, universal. It was the rain.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marcel Proust 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Not to sound corny, but intelligence is big. Everything fades, and everything can be modified. But intelligence is something you can't fake. I'm not even talking about whether you can read a thesaurus backwards. But there is a beauty in common sense. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wale 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My first thought is always of light. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Galen Rowell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Haile Selassie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be conscious of, and therefore plays a part in the coming into being of whatever exists for us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Iain McGilchrist 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irving Babbitt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abraham Lincoln 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized in John 1, that light is very vivid. When it dispels the darkness, we see the brilliance that's there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Dekker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Pyramids are perfect, but you can't put the Pyramids in the middle of Manhattan. In the desert, the combination of light and form makes it perfect. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				I. M. Pei 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you come across someone colorful and vibrant maybe in the present it isn't so interesting, but, in the past, it sheds a wonderful light onto living life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Garrett Hedlund 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When the space shuttle's engines cut off, and you're finally in space, in orbit, weightless... I remember unstrapping from my seat, floating over to the window, and that's when I got my first view of Earth. Just a spectacular view, and a chance to see our planet as a planet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sally Ride 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Self is self-luminous without darkness and light, and is the reality which is self-manifest. Therefore, one should not think of it as this or as that. The very thought of thinking will end in bondage. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ramana Maharshi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Panko are the elite of the breadcrumb world because they stay so crunchy and light. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yotam Ottolenghi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		A dark house is always an unhealthy house, always an ill-aired house, always a dirty house. Want of light stops growth and promotes scrofula, rickets, etc., among the children. People lose their health in a dark house, and if they get ill, they cannot get well again in it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Florence Nightingale 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walt Whitman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		And to stick our head in the sand and pretend that we are somehow safer if we do not know or to pretend we are somehow safer if we limit our options seems to me not only foolish but actually dangerous. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mac Thornberry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I try to find 15 minutes a day to just be alone without any distractions just for headspace to meditate and get my Zen on. I think that helps me get through the hecticness of the day on tour with the interviews, the sound check, the meet and greets, the show and the post-show meet and greets. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				G-Eazy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				H. L. Mencken 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Dee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Lo! body and soul!--this land! Mighty Manhattan, with spires, and The sparkling and hurrying tides, and the ships; The varied and ample land,--the South And the North in the light--Ohio's shores, and flashing Missouri, And ever the far-spreading prairies, covered with grass and corn. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walt Whitman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven't the patience for them. It's maybe shallow, but that's why I'll never be part of the acting set. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Anthony Hopkins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A little tap at the window, as though some missile had struck it, followed by a plentiful, falling sound, as light, though, as if a shower of sand were being sprinkled from a window overhead; then the fall spread, took on an order, a rhythm, became liquid, loud, drumming, musical, innumerable, universal. It was the rain. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marcel Proust