"I went to watch my father at Silverstone in the early 1950s, and I've still got the car he was in."

-- Nick Mason

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“My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in the stratosphere, and my father was the first to touch the deepest point in the ocean... For me, adventure and exploration is something in the blood.”

Source : "Adventurer sets sights on the sun for an 'impossible' dream". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. January 19, 2010.
“Hopefully the new breed of kids won't have to go through that hard lesson - my kids, my grandkids, my fans' kids, hopefully they won't have to go through it.”
“The Empire State Building is the closest thing to heaven in this city.”

Source : "Fictional character: Terry McKay". "An Affair to Remember", www.imdb.com. July 11, 1957.
“How I choose to look at any situation will greatly affect whether I have the power to change it or make matters worse.”
“There are all sorts of shades of gray when you're working on economic policy and tax policy and health care policy. There's no gray on this issue, to me. This is a gun lobby that is raging out of control, that doesn't even represent its own members.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com
“You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel.”
“I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I can't speak for all Iranians, but I think that many of them would be uncomfortable with Ahmadinejad if Iran had nuclear weapons and he had his finger on the button. But the reality is that Iran's system of government is actually very complex. It has a lot of checks and balances, and neither Ahmadinejad nor any Iranian president would ever have his finger on the button. There are too many people involved in a decision of that magnitude.”

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