"Other people's marriages are a perpetual source of amazement."

-- Patrick O'Brian

#People Quotes #Source Quotes #Amazement Quotes

“People hear that I am a horror writer and they think that I must be a monster, but actually I have the heart of a small child - I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
“I favour an interpretation of quantum mechanics (the 'Everett interpretation') according to which reality branches in any chancy quantum situation. On this view, SchrÃ¶dinger's set-up will give rise to in two future branches of reality, one with a live cat, and one with a dead cat - and the talk of '50% chances' just indicates that the two branches are both equally real futures of the cat that originally entered the box.”

Source : "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.
“I didn't look very sensitive and they didn't know me very well.”
“If you desire to see, learn how to act.”

Source : Heinz Von Foerster (1984). “Observing Systems”
“I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.”
“Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.”
“God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.”

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