"The chunks of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 were so large, and were moving so fast, that each hit Jupiter with at least the equivalent energy of the dinosaur-killing collision between Earth and an asteroid 65 million years ago. Whatever damage Jupiter sustained, one thing is for sure: it's got no dinosaurs left."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

#Moving Quotes #Years Quotes #Earth Quotes

“Film schools are not rigorous enough. They let things get by and kids get out there and they think they are saying something and doing something.”
“When we know as much about people as hog specialists know about hogs, we'll be better off.”
“I read The Old Curiosity Shop before I began Blackwood Farm. I was amazed at the utter madness in that book.”
“Velveeta: you can eat it - or wax your car with it!”
“A myth is a fantasy, a preferred lie, a foundational story, a hypnotic trance, an identity game, a virtual reality, one that can be either inspirational or despairing. It is a story in which I cast myself; it is my inner cinema, the motion picture of my inner reality - one that moves all the time. No diagnosis can fix the myth, no cure can settle it, because our inner life is precisely what, in us, will not lie still.”

Source : Ginette Paris (2013). “Wisdom of the Psyche: Depth Psychology After Neuroscience”, p.81, Routledge
“To be a champion long-distance runner you have to run on the edge of death.”
“Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature.”
“I've never enjoyed my running more. I also do 200 sit-ups a day, 60 push-ups, and a lot of stretching. I've had some back issues. I think the stretching helps with that.”

Source : Interview with Amby Burfoot, www.runnersworld.com. April 5, 2012.

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