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“Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune.”
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“To think, it seems to me, is to hold an idea long enough to unlock and shape its power in the varied contexts of shared human knowledge.”
Source : Vera John-Steiner (1997). “Notebooks of the Mind: Explorations of Thinking”, p.9, Oxford University Press
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“I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“I think Himalayan climbers tend to mature fairly late. I think most of the successful Himalayan climbers have ranged from 28 to just over 40, really.”
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“We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception of God and from that derive great joy in being his. We should put life in our faith. We should give ourselves utterly to God in pure abandonment, in temporal and spiritual matters alike, and find contentment in the doing of His will,whether he takes us through sufferings or consolations.”
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“The sound of the harpsichord resembles that of a bird-cage played with toasting-forks.”
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“If something scares me, then I have to do it.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Sagging wrinkles, hanging breasts and many another sign of age are part of gravitation's slow relentless handiwork.”
Source : D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (2014). “On Growth and Form”, p.32, Cambridge University Press
