When I was a child, kids used to make fun of me because I was blind. But I just became more curious, ‘How can I climb this tree and get an apple for this girl?’ That’s what mattered to me.
STEVIE WONDER
STEVIE WONDER
Stevie Wonder on blind
Stevie Wonder86 quotes“When I was a child, kids used to make fun of me because I was blind. But I just became more curious, ‘How can I climb this tree and get an apple for this girl?’ That’s what mattered to me.”
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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Charles DarwinCharles Darwin Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
John MuirJohn Muir It is impossible to concieve of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity.
Charles DarwinCharles Darwin People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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