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...great, he confided to a friend the evening before his trip, if he could cap it with another victory? Before leaving his house for the airport, he took a few moments for his daily Bible study, reading from John 3:8, in which Jesus reminds Nicodemus, "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death On Autopilot | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...other hand, directly after Wonder's quote, the section labeled "Anonymous" begins by citing the Cuckoo Song form the year 1250: "Summer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu! Groweth sed, and bloweth med, and springth the wude nu--Sing cuccu!" I suppose in the context of the latter, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," doesn't sound so silly...

Author: By Dan Mufson, | Title: Identifying Recent Notable Quotables | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...York because New York is a kind of global city, a kind of momentary focus of global art which exists everywhere. There are historical analogies to show that there have been places where everything was working and suddenly all the life went out of it. 'The wind bloweth where it listeth.' We can't make predictions about inner qualities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Market: Goodbye Paris, Hello New York | 7/17/1964 | See Source »

...grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Minister at Large | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing Cuccu; Groweth sed and bloweth med, and springth the wude nu, Sing Cuccu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sumer Icumeth in Later | 1/15/1945 | See Source »

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