It has been recorded that Twain once returned from India and said to a friend, eyes wide, mandibles agape, soul in a state of utterly sincere self-awe: "In India, they know only three things about America... Wall Street... the Statue of Liberty...and Mark Twain!" Which brings us back to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Hartford.
I can still remember my 19-year-old self's awe at how Jake provokes a gorgeous, reluctant smile from the incandescently beautiful Moriarty.
Tropical Freeze was all of that for me: those underwater stages, with "Aquatic Ambience"'s tinkling presence in the background, brought me right back to my younger self, gawking at awe at the world set before me.
Some things are dangerous or powerful and respect of them can involve fear, awe, self-protection, or submission.
Blair emerges as other Iraq historians have already portrayed him, as a pathetic and self-regarding figure in awe of the transatlantic power.
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THE British attitude to America tends to oscillate between snootiness and awed self-deprecation.
Vivid and visually stunning, "Bugs!" -- which opens today in Manhattan -- is fun in the same self-satisfied and awe-struck way that most Imax movies are, seeming to be a cross between an infomercial and an Animal Planet documentary.
Most likely, your 8-year-old self will be filled with awe and envy.
These features include feeling a sense of "oneness" with others and the universe, a dissolution of the self ("nonduality"), a feeling of awe or sacredness, the sense that time and space have been transcended, an experience of great peace, bliss, and calmness and an overwhelming sense that what has occurred is meaningful and represents a deep truth.
Whatever your beliefs or lack of them, nurturing your spiritual self or connecting to the awe and wonder of life is an important aspect of keeping your brain young.
