"There's so much written about the Titanic, and it's hard to separate what's fact and what's fiction. My understanding is that the way the Titanic was designed, the emphasis was placed on surviving a head-on collision."

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Source : "‘Unsinkable’ Boats Possible? Titanic Scholar Talks Design". Scientific American Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 3, 2012.

Henry Petroski

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“... garden books are quite unconscious that besides telling us how to turn our patch of earth into a garden, they are also expressing the way their age looks at the world, the state of their society.”
“Everyone wants to be financially secure, the problem is most people focus on "getting by" when they need to be focused on "getting rich."”
“A notion for a story is for me a confluence of real events, historical perhaps, or from my own memory to create an exciting fusion.”
“I have spent many years holding so tightly to things - wants, desires, etc. - but inevitably, they or something even better only arrives when I release the grasp.”

Source : "Actor Allison McAtee: The best in everyone, being a crybaby, and practicing japa meditation". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“While there are other parenting books with insight into childhood, Parenting from Your Heart goes a step further, showing parents how to put theory into practice with their own child in a realistic, compassionate and effective way. This book is worth its weight in gold!?”
“Every man who accomplishes things sees first in his mind what he wishes to do. He puts away all doubt. It makes no difference how small or how large the thing you want to do may be; if you have an unlimited confidence in your ability to do it, you will do”

Source : Charles Fillmore, Myrtle Fillmore (1956). “Unity [devoted to Practical Christianity]”
“The only thing that may make me different from other people is I have passionate interests outside of work.”
“Driving through much of the southern part of the U.S. reminds me of where I grew up in Canada. The trees, homes, sense of community... I love the South.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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