"Oh dear, you are confusing molecular science with ancient history."

-- Dean Hamer

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“Slinky as a lynx, hot as pepper, cool as rain, dry as smoke. There's considerably more to her than staying sexy at 60.”
“When our forefathers put down roots in desolate places, the thing that allowed them to survive was that they had a faith to see them through the tough times.”
“I am overwhelmed by an irresistible temptation to do my climb by moonlight and unroped. This is contrary to all my rock climbing teaching & does not mean poor training, but only a strong-headedness.”

Source : "Broken Genius : The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age" by Joel N. Shurkin, (Ch. 7, p. 125), 2006.
“I don't tell lies about anybody. That's why i win all my wars.”
“The life of an artist is like the life of a monk, a lewd monk if you like, very Rabelaisian. It is an ordination.”
“Scale is of prime importance and I think that oversized scale is better than undersized scale.”
“The Christian is free from all other human beings. He does not have to live over against others, controlled by their actions and responses. Rather, he lives according to Christ's commands. This is Christian freedom. It is a freedom unknown by others. It is not just when others do the things that we like that we act properly toward them; we are free to do good even when they don't because our actions are not dependent on their responses. It is the Lord Christ when we serve!”
“Death is the handmaiden of the pilot. Sometimes it comes by accident, sometimes by an act of God.”

Source : Albert Scott Crossfield (2015). “Always Another Dawn: The Story Of A Rocket Test Pilot”, p.109, Pickle Partners Publishing

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