"Sometimes I really regret that I did not live in those times when there was still so much that was new; to be sure enough much is yet unknown, but I do not think that it will be possible to discover anything easily nowadays that would lead us to revise our entire outlook as radically as was possible in the days when telescopes and microscopes were still new."

-- Heinrich Hertz

#Regret Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Telescopes Quotes

“In my own case, I had to train myself out of that phony smile, which is like a nervous tic on every teenage girl. And this meant that I smiled rarely, for in truth, when it came down to real smiling, I had less to smile about. My 'dream' action for the women's liberation movement: a smile boycott, at which declaration all women would instantly abandon their 'pleasing' smiles, henceforth smiling only when something pleased them.”

Source : SHULAMITH FIRESTONE (1970). “THE DIALECTIC OF SEX: THE CASE FOR FEMINIST REVOLUTION”
“Anything that drags down the American economy drags the Canadian economy down with it.”

Source : "International observers express fear, optimism on shutdown" by Alex Hopkins, www.washingtontimes.com. October 1, 2013.
“There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.”
“Concentration is born on the practice court... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.”
“To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, the three astronauts from Apollo 11 visited the White House. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were allowed to set foot inside the White House, while Michael Collins was forced to drive around in circles outside.”
“Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.”
“It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I'm actually pretty smart when you get to know me.”

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