"I went whenever I could, and always my eyes lifted to the hills. I was to find a spiritual and physical satisfaction in climbing mountains and a tranquil mind upon reaching their summits, as though I had escaped from the disappointments and unkindness of life and emerged above them into a new world, a better world."

-- Alfred Wainwright

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“When a teacher tries to teach something to the entire class at the same time, chances are, one-third of the kids already know it; one-third will get it; and the remaining third wonâ€™t.Â So two-thirds of the children are wasting their time.”
“The steam-engine in its manifold applications, the crime-decreasing gas-lamp, the lightning conductor, the electric telegraph, the law of storms and rules for the mariner's guidance in them, the power of rendering surgical operations painless, the measures for preserving public health, and for preventing or mitigating epidemics,-such are among the more important practical results of pure scientific research, with which mankind have been blessed and States enriched.”
“We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground.”
“In these days of political, personal and economic disintegration, music is not a luxury, it's a necessity; not simply because it is therapeutic, nor because it is the universal language, but because it is the persistent focus of our intelligence, aspiration and goodwill.”
“I've never been in love... But I imagine it's similar to the feeling you get when you see your waiter arriving with your food”
“I don't believe in karma.”
“I had not thought that I was doing wrong; I had never taken so many things into consideration.”

Source : "Testimony to the Inquisition". Translation by Charles Yriarte, July 18, 1573.
“I try to be as normal as I can.”

Source : "Timbaland takes mic for 'Shock Value'". Interview with Gail Mitchell, www.reuters.com. February 25, 2007.

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