"I grew up in Bulgaria in a small city on the Black Sea Coast, so I was very interested in the sea, marine life, and everything related to it. But it was also a very dark place at night, so I could see the stars. And I just got very interested in it."

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Source : "Professor Spotlight: Sasselov on Super-Earths". Interview with Brian C. Zhang, www.thecrimson.com. February 10, 2012.

Dimitar Sasselov

#Stars Quotes #Dark Quotes #Marine Quotes

“In some ways painters have been more important in my life than writers. Painters teach you how to seeâ€”a faculty that usually isnâ€™t highly developed in poets. Whether you take a walk in the woods with a painter, or go to a museum with one, through them you notice shapes, colors, harmonies, relationships that enhance your own seeing.”
“God gave me you for the ups and downs and days of doubts.”
“I'd love to do more independent films.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My overall worldview has never changed: that America has and must maintain the strongest military in the world, that we must lead the international community to confront threats and challenges together, and that we must use all tools of American power to protect our citizens and our interests.”
“Youâ€™ve got to not only love yourself for who you are with all your mistakes, but youâ€™ve got to love the world for what it can bring you if you have the right attitude”
“The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them.”
“There are times I almost think I am not sure of what I absolutely know. Very often find confusion in conclusion I concluded long ago. In my head are many facts that, as a student, I have studied to procure. In my head are many facts of which I wish I was more certain I was sure.”
“For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip.”

Source : Quoted in Motson's National Obsession (2004).

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