"Open the pod bay doors, Hal."

-- Arthur C. Clarke

“Be on time because it shows you care.”
“Wise words are like seeds. The more you scatter them, the more they will grow into infinite gardens of knowledge.”

Source : "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.
“Amanda Petrusich’s fascinating and insightful journey into the arcane netherworld of 78 records and its bring-‘em-back-alive collectors brims with the joy and passion of discovery, along with a heartfelt affection for those who keep alight the flame of our musical heritage.”
“I just want to keep going with the soaps. Maybe it's because I'm just so used to them. I was 21 when I started 'Passions' and did that for nine years. It's what I know.”
“When I was in sixth grade there was a talent show, and I wrote my first sketch, 'The Dentist.' I played the dentist, and I had my friend play a patient. It was sort of what can go wrong at the dentist, and I just remember I had lots of fake blood and everything.”
“The attempt to divide art and politics is a bourgeois which says good poetry, art, cannot be political, but since everything is â€¦ political, even an artist or work that claims not to have any politics is making a political statement by that act.”
“Weâ€™ve learned that it will take more than one generation to bring about change. The fight for civil rights has developed into a broader concern for human rights, and that encompasses a great many people and countries. Those of us who live in a democracy have a responsibility to be the voice for those whose voices are stilled.”
“Climbing had captured my soul.”

Source : Lincoln Hall (2008). “Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest”, p.19, Penguin

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