"I'm sure we would not have had men on the Moon if it had not been for Wells and Verne and the people who write about this and made people think about it. I'm rather proud of the fact that I know several astronauts who became astronauts through reading my books."

-- Arthur C. Clarke

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“Does virtual intimacy degrade our experience of the other kind and, indeed, of all encounters, of any kind?”
“Oh, I get pretty fired up on the court. I try to play with a lot of emotion, especially when I'm playing in front of a large crowd. I want to go out and do my best, and to do that, I have to play with the most energy possible.”

Source : "Lleyton Hewitt: Top Spin Intreview". Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. November 20, 2003.
“It's the most extraordinary and saddest thing, the amount of talent out there not being seen.”
“Television was one of those magnificent kind of events where everything fell into place.”
“The highest result of education is tolerance. Long ago men fought and died for their faith; but it took ages to teach them the other kind of courage, - the courage to recognize the faiths of their brethren and their rights of conscience.”
“If the dance is right, there shouldn't be a single superfluous movement.”
“This earth, burnished by hearing the name, is so certain of love,â€¨that the sky bends unceasingly down, to greet its own light.”
“I was the one who was always scowling, downcast. I tried to make sure I looked like that when I was getting my picture taken.”

Source : FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from Jan 21, 2015

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