"So let us then try to climb the mountain, not by stepping on what is below us, but to pull us up at what is above us, for my part at the stars; amen."

-- M. C. Escher

#Stars Quotes #Space Quotes #Trying Quotes

“There's a reason the Exodus story has inspired so many Americans. It's a narrative of hope.”
“Political corruption is to Rhode Islanders as smog is to people who live in Los Angeles: nobody complains of its absence, but when it rolls around everyone feels right at home.”

Source : "Can You Forgive Him?" by Philip Gourevitch, www.newyorker.com. September 2, 2002.
“We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.”
“Somebody has said, that a king may make a nobleman but he cannot make a gentleman.”
“We Gonna Win' is a song of triumph, It represents my personal belief that with hard work, talent and dedication, everything is possible. It's a one of a kind marriage between rap and classical music, where the music doesn't accompany the vocalist, but rather stands on its own.”
“Heâ€™s totally different from the typical jock. He has no ego. Thatâ€™s unique for someone with such accolades. His strength comes from a higher power. You canâ€™t explain Steve Largent by computer â€“ he doesnâ€™t belong on an NFL field. You put his size and speed in an IBM computer up in Silicon Valley, it would chew up his data card and laugh.”
“There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of the respect I have for them.”

Source : "Nashville Gathers to remember Chet Atkins, 'Mr. Guitar'" by Michael Gray, www.mtv.com. July 02, 2001.
“No two on earth in all things can agree; All have some darling singularity; Women and men, as well as girls and boys, In gewgaws take delight, and sigh for toys, Your sceptres and your crowns, and such like things, Are but a better kind of toys for kings. In things indifferent reason bids us choose, Whether the whim's a monkey or a muse.”

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