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" Alice Munro is not only revered, she is cherished, her stories handled lovingly, turned over and over, gazed at and studied and breathed in with something approaching awe. She has never, over the years, written the way any of her contemporaries have. "

Cathleen Schine

" An America that inspires hope in its ideals must complement an America that inspires awe in its strength. "

" Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them. "

" As a nonparent, I stand in awe of parents. "

" As biologists, we contemplate with admiration and awe the wondrous array of sophisticated cell interactions and recognitions evolved in the T cell immune system, which must be a model for other similarly complex biological systems of highly differentiated organisms. "

Baruj Benacerraf

" A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. "

" Awe and respect are two different things. "

" Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder. "

" Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe. "

Charles Davenport

" Great sci-fi has never shied from tackling the Big Questions, though really great sci-fi never forgets to entertain us along the way. Shock and awe applies to art, as well. "

" Had 'Bridesmaids' not ended up being so amazing and successful, we would never have been able to make 'Bachelorette.' So we are in awe of 'Bridesmaids' and totally owe them so much. "

" He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. "

Albert Einstein

" I am all at once in awe and in confusion at some of the folks I encounter during fashion week, consistently causing me to mutter to myself or whoever's in earshot, 'Is that really necessary?' "

" I am basically in awe of every family's ability to make decisions for their kids. "

" I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder. "

" I am still in shock and awe at being fired. "

" I cannot assume emotions I do not feel, and must describe Jerusalem as I found it. Since being here, I have read the accounts of several travellers, and in many cases the devotional rhapsodies - the ecstacies of awe and reverence - in which they indulge, strike me as forced and affected. "

" I can't rave enough about Eloisa James. I'm simply in awe of her talent. "

" I couldn't hold a candle to how adventurous Steve was. He found life intoxicating, and he was just in awe of every living creature. "

" I don't cry at books or movies. Ever. So imagine my shock and awe when I read 'The Time Traveler's Wife' for the second time, and I knew the ending, and I started to cry. "

Maggie Stiefvater

" I don't know why anybody would be in awe of me. "

Shirley MacLaine

" I felt deep within me that the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge or Virtue or Goodness or Victory but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe! "

Nikos Kazantzakis

" If I was a fan of someone as a teenager, then it's OK for me to feel completely in awe when I meet them. "

" If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you. "

" I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going. "

" I grew up with park jams. That's how I knew about rap... The local MCs would grab the mic and start rapping. I just used to be so in awe and fascinated and like, 'Wow, this is amazing!' But I would never, ever touch the mic. Heck no. "

" I have also written a book about the Giving of the Torah, and a book on the Days of Awe, and a book on the books of Israel that have been written since the day the Torah was given to Israel. "

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

" I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel. "

" I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them. "

Ken Livingstone

" I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them. "

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