"I didnt go into the NASA program to pick up rocks or to go the moon or anything else. I went in there because I was a military officer, and that was the next notch in my profession."

-- Jim Lovell

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“Pain is like a new room in your house that you never knew you had. If you had known, you would have bolted and locked the room past any entering. But truly, it is a room like any other, four glaring white walls and a dark hard floor, and if you don't try to get out, it is possible to remain in it. Once you tried to get out, you ... couldn't ... stand ... it. Don't think of getting out.”

Source : Willa Gibbs (1953). “Seed of Mischief”
“Your kids donâ€™t need more things. They need you. And they want you. The more time that you can spend with them, the more they are going to want to be like you and know the Heavenly Father who made you such a great dad. Thatâ€™s how you lead your kids to Christ.”
“There is no controversy within science over the core proposition of evolutionary theory”

Source : "Opening Arguments Made in 'Intelligent Design' Court Case" by The Associated Press, www.livescience.com. September 26, 2005.
“When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity.”

Source : "About Art, Chess, Beauty and Depth, Creativity, Telepathy and Artificial Intelligence". Interview with Ugo Dossi, en.chessbase.com. December 21, 2005.
“The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.”
“I always say, you know, if I sit here and close my eyes and say, 'When did I learn the most in my life, in my career?' It'll always be when I close them and everything I think of is when I took a risk. It's when I think I learned the most.”

Source : "IBM's Ginni Rometty: Growth and comfort do not coexist". Interview with Jessi Hempel, fortune.com. October 5, 2011.
“I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning. That is special.”
“You need eyes that tell the dog who watches them what you are feeling toward it, even though the message may be hidden from the outside world. Above all, you nee telepathy so that the dog thinks with you. These things are not always born in people. They can be developed as any sense or gift can be developed. That is, providing the person wishes to develop them is honest in mind, because with animals you cannot cheat...”

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