"There is no such thing as a good nuclear weapons system. There is no way to achieve, in the sound sense, national security through nuclear weapons."

-- Herbert York

#Achievement Quotes #Sound Quotes #Nuclear Quotes

“And you know, talk about something else is falling from the sky. And that is an asteroid. What's coming our way? Is this an effect of perhaps global warming or just some meteoric occasion?”

Source : "CNN Newsroom" with Deborah Feyerick, www.cnn.com. February 9, 2013.
“Miles Davis, his parents migrated from Arkansas to Illinois, where he had the luxury of being able to practice for hours upon hours. He never would have been able to do that in the cotton country of Arkansas.”

Source : "Journalist Isabel Wilkerson". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. October 6, 2010.
“Part of the beauty of fiction is that we come alive in a body that we don't own.”
“Once man has lost the fundamental orientation which unifies his existence, he breaks down into the multiplicity of his desires; in refusing to await the time of promise, his life-story disintegrates into a myriad of unconnected instants.”
“Everyone needs something from me.”
“The difficulty is that we try to perfect others before we perfect ourselves.”

Source : "Words of Wisdom" by Sri Chinmoy, 2010.
“When you see the films of certain young directors, you get the impression that film history begins for them around 1980.”
“The professionalism of technique and flash of dexterity are more comfortable to be around than raw creative power, hence our society generally rewards virtuoso performers more highly than it rewards original creators.”

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