"Luxury is an obstacle, and so is the fatness of the body."

“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.”

“People suddenly expected less of me and I didn't want that. Not only could I keep up with sighted kids, I could excel. I have an intense competiveness that was always in me.”

Source : Source: visionlossresources.org

“Amazingly talented singer who sang like an angry angel”

“I often don't go to sleep and work through the night. I can't seem to do my vocal takes if there's light outside. There's a gentleness to the night that leads me in my stride.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 15, 2011.

“I get nervous before I conduct a concert, but then you just go out there and do it.”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com

“If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.”

“What makes Steve [Jobs'] methodology different from everyone else's is that he always believed the most important decisions you make are not the things you do, but the things you decide not to do. He's a minimalist.”

“One of the first papers I wrote at the University of Wisconsin, in 1977, was on stem cells. I realized that if I changed the environment that these cells were in, I could turn the cells into bone, and if I changed the environment a bit more, they would form fat cells.”