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Quotes About Hums

But it isn't easy,' said Pooh. 'Because Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you.
~ A.A. Milne
But it isn't Easy,' said Pooh to himself.... 'Because Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you . And all you can do is to go where they can find you. He waited hopefully... [...] 'So there it is,' said Pooh, when he had sung this to himself three times. 'It's come different from what I thought it would, but it's come.
~ A.A. Milne
But it isn't easy,' said Pooh. 'Because Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you.
~ A. A. Milne
Speech is a river of breath, bent into hisses and hums by the soft flesh of the mouth and throat.
~ Steven Pinker
The Sanctuary and its deities were the main source of the city's income. Visitors paid to enter the city. They had to buy the correct apparel to perform rituals in the Sanctuary. They had to pay again to acquire offerings for the gods. Mecca was not just one of the world's oldest shrines, it was a citadel for capitalism. The people who oiled the wheels of Meccan religious life were known as Hums.
~ Ziauddin Sardar