"Mythology, science and space exploration are subjects that have fascinated me since my early childhood. And they were always connected somehow with the music I write."

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Source : "Rosetta mission: Philae craft may have bounced during comet landing - as it happened" by Stuart Clark, James Kingsland, www.theguardian.com. November 12, 2014.

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#Writing Quotes #Space Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“You're here to sweat. This program is live. There's about one thousand million people watching you. So, you remember - one wrong word, one foolish gesture and your whole career could go down in flames. Hold that thought and have a nice night.”

Source : Remarks at the 59th Academy Awards (On Oscar Acceptance Etiquette), delivered 30 March 1987, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
“Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it.”

Source : 'Essays on Men, Manners, and Things' 'On Politics' in 'Works' (1764) vol. 2.
“...the laws of physics, carefully constructed after thousands of years of experimentation, are nothing but the laws of harmony one can write down for strings and membranes. The laws of chemistry are the melodies that one can play on these strings. the universe is a symphony of strings. And the "Mind of God," which Einstein wrote eloquently about, is cosmic music resonating throughout hyperspace.”
“Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.”
“One of the greatest resources people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements are the result of many little things done in a single direction.”
“I love to write poetry.”
“Keep your children as much as may be from ill company, especially of ungodly playfellows. It is one of the greatest dangers for the undoing of children in the world; especially when they are sent to common schools: for there is scarce any of those schools so good, but hath many rude and ungodly ill-taught children in it.”
“I very much believe in rescuing animals, not buying them.”

Source : "Life After 50: Adopt A Pet, Get Fit?" by Barbara Hannah Grufferman, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 25, 2011.

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