"One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have much lighter, much stronger materials, and this will reduce the cost of air flight, and the cost of rockets."

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Source : "Nanotechnology: Designs for the Future". Interview with John Gehl, ubiquity.acm.org. July 2000.

Ralph Merkle

#Confidence Quotes #Air Quotes #Stronger Quotes

“A man in love can do extraordinary things, I donâ€™t care if youâ€™re an angel, youâ€™re my angel, and I wonâ€™t let you go.”
“I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, and I waited tables here three to four nights a week for several years while I was trying to support myself and my daughter and the day I got that acceptance at Harvard Law School was an unforgettable day.”

Source : "ABC’s Jeff Zeleny Conducts Puffy, Shoe-Focused Interview With Wendy Davis". Interview with Paul Bremmer, www.newsbusters.org. July 4, 2013.
“I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.”
“...Force yourself to use the optimist's explanatory style: 'The situation is temporary. The effect will be limited, not pervasive. And it's due to external causes.' If you just can't make that work for you, refocus your attention...Turn your attention in a totally different direction for the time being. Replace the distressing thoughts with other ideas. Distract yourself.”
“The Righteous Salaf were as fearful of their good deeds being squandered, or not being accepted, as the present generation is certain that their neglect would be forgiven.”
“I try to remind people, whether you have a growth manager or a value manager, you're going to go through cycles where you think you have a village idiot.”
“You know the black bits in bananas? Are they tarantulas eggs?”

Source : "The Mighty Boosh". www.imdb.com. 2003 - 2007.
“From here [the Gaza withdrawal], our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital”

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