"Bach is how buildings got taller. It's how we got to the moon."

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Source : Charles Mingus, John F. Goodman (2013). “Mingus Speaks”, p.25, Univ of California Press

Charles Mingus

#Moon Quotes #Building Quotes

“So many of the chemical reactions occurring in living systems have been shown to be catalytic processes occurring isothermally on the surface of specific proteins, referred to as enzymes, that it seems fairly safe to assume that all are of this nature and that the proteins are the necessary basis for carrying out the processes that we call life.”
“To err is human, but to forgive, well that's right on.”

Source : "Fictional character: Reese Feldman". "Starsky & Hutch", www.imdb.com. 2004.
“Being the owner of Dachshunds, to me a book on dog discipline becomes a volume of inspired humor. Every sentence is a riot. Some day, if I ever get a chance, I shall write a book, or warning, on the character and temperament of the Dachshund and why he can't be trained and shouldn't be. I would rather train a striped zebra to balance an Indian club than induce a Dachshund to heed my slightest command. When I address Fred I never have to raise either my voice or my hopes. He even disobeys me when I instruct him in something he wants to do.”
“I just want to do Godâ€™s will.”
“Maybe there are some traditional things, but they are more about the way the West packages the East.”
“My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. Figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject. But I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time.”
“I started on the fringes of journalism as a cartoonist on The Daily Mail.”
“I don't care about the politics, I don't care about the practicality, I don't care about any of it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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