#awakens

There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind. ↗

— Sarah Josepha Hale

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The course hitherto pursued in musical aesthetics has nearly always been hampered by the false assumption that the object was not so much to inquire into what is beautiful in music as to describe the feelings which music awakens. ↗

— Eduard Hanslick

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Badges mean nothing in themselves, but they mark a certain achievement and they are a link between the rich and the poor. For when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm, if that girl has won the same badge, it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them. ↗

— Juliette Gordon Low

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If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best. ↗

— Rob Morrow

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Beauty awakens the soul to act. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

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Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation. ↗

— Norman Mailer

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God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man. ↗

— Arthur Young

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Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us. ↗

— Steven Tyler

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Love in action puts a mind at ease. It creates wonders and good feelings. Such is the magic word that when you allow it to flow freely, it awakens every human heart, and uplifts every human spirit. ↗

— Rita Barnes

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Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. ↗

— Frank Herbert

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