"In hospitals I feel palpable comfort. I feel the competence, the expertise, so much education and money, all of the supplies sterile, everything packaged, sealed tight. My fears evaporate when the automatic doors shush open."

-- Dave Eggers

#Doors Quotes #Comfort Quotes #Competence Quotes

“I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting.”
“God reveals himself to those who wait for that revelation, and who don't try to tear at the hem of a mystery, forcing disclosure.”
“The headmistress was a very well-respected theater teacher. She taught me what stage left and stage right were, what a director was, and what all these things meant, which was something I had no concept of. She sent me off to drama school, at age 18, and I stayed there for three years. Before I knew it, I was working on a TV show.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The largest mistake would be to start to move away from petroleum, a proven and economic energy source, to more speculative and expensive sources...The world will eventually leave the age of oil, but there is no geologic reason for this to happen until near the end of the 21st century.”
“The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.”
“We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.”
“Theorems are not to mathematics what successful courses are to a meal.”

Source : Mark Kac, Gian-Carlo Rota, Jacob T. Schwartz (2008). “Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science and Philosophy”, p.155, Springer Science & Business Media
“I loved you when you were unfaithful; what would I have done if you were true?”

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