Word: awe
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...solid gold coin around her neck that keeps distracting me. Next up is the jazz singer Anita Baker, who performs a soulful tune for the enthusiastic audience. I interview later about her musical childhood. Lastly I meet a few New York gossip columnists, and then generally stare in awe at the blinding light of superficiality and wealth. Honestly, these “charity” gatherings (this one is raising money to provide music programs for underprivileged kids) are an excuse for the rich to get moderately drunk together, talk about poor people and then give themselves awards. Hmm?...
...forgotten how to see, or we limit our journeys to well-worn paths. Still, in a land as vast as Australia, there's more reason for joy than despair. Its myth-rich Aboriginal culture offers enlightenment if we care to engage with it; the seemingly barren interior can inspire awe when we visit the thriving land away from the coast. The wonder of discovery is there in simple things and grand: in quiet lives of contemplation and, if you can picture it, the instant a cosmic fireball hits the Earth. In the uncompromising intensity of professionals at work...
...family probably has a million dollars now,” I realized, repeating the insight aloud to my friends, in childlike awe. “I guess that’s what you do when you win the lottery.” Literally...
...Great Communicator was also a tutor. "I was in awe," says Bush. "President Reagan went to Normandy and gave those great speeches. When he came back, I asked him, 'How did you ever get through those speeches without breaking up?' He said, 'Here's what you do. You write it out yourself, and then you say it over and over again. And by doing that, it is still personal the way you say it, but you don't feel that you are apt to choke...
Jantzen’s work ethic has already become a thing of legend and awe. Up every weekday at 7 a.m., he usually got in a quick two-hour workout consisting of lifting or running before heading off to class. He then returned at 4 p.m. for a practice involving live wrestling before watching tape of opponents in the evening. In the end, Jantzen spent three different parts of his day dedicating himself to winning a National Championship...