"I think the international appeal of SF is quite understandable since the kinds of people who like to read it, are, by the nature of the beast, interested in other cultures, of which other nations on Earth are the closest available example."

-- Stanley Schmidt

#Thinking Quotes #Other Cultures Quotes #People Quotes

“What I am concerned about in this fast-moving world in a time of crises, both in foreign and domestic affairs, is not so much a program as a spirit of approach, not so much a mind as a heart. A program lives today and dies tomorrow. A mind, if it be open, may change with each new day, but the spirit and the heart are as unchanging as the tides.”
“It is much easier to wear a cross than to bear a cross.”
“I've come to realize that real growth of character takes place in the valleys of life.”
“I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.”
“It is in our power to educate all the children of the world to become a little better as people, a little happier.”

Source : Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, Waltraud Suzuki (1983). “Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education”, p.82, Alfred Music
“I never thought in terms of a "breakthrough" film. I wasn't looking for fame or a career path into Hollywood. I was doing it for myself. I just wanted to make a film that I really loved. If other people liked it, great. But you can never guess what other people are going to like.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The great problem of the concert hall is that the shoebox is the ideal shape for acoustics but that no architect worth their names wants to build a shoebox.”
“First of all we need to move past the euro.”

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