"Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on."

-- Alan Shepard

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“Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future.”
“My interest was magic, believe it or not. I became an amateur magician and did something like 400 magic shows through my teen years.”
“We learn words by rote, but not their meaning; that must be paid for with our life-blood, and printed in the subtle fibres of our nerves.”
“Who controls the past now controls the future Who controls the present now controls the past Who controls the past now controls the future Who controls the present now?”

Source : "Song: Testify (Album:The Battle of Los Angeles)". 2000.
“My father had a deep and lifelong contempt for politicians in general ("They tell lies," he used to say with wonder, "even when they don't have to").”
“While conversion of sugars to ethanol is the predominant reaction, it is only one of potentially thousands of biochemical reactions taking place during fermentation. As a result, wine contains trace amounts of a large number of organic acids, esters, sugars, alcohols, and other molecules. Wine is, in fact, one of the most complex of all beverages: the fruit of a soil, climate, and vintage, digested by a fungus through a process guided by the culture, vision, and skill of an individual man or woman.”
“Never assume someone is smarter than you.”
“The Times' new credibility committee report that was issued on Monday very specifically said they will be putting in a policy that reporters must get permission from their department heads to appear on television, which I think is a really good thing.”

Source : "It's curtains for Okrent". Interview With Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

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