"I can accept the theory of relativity as little as I can accept the existence of atoms and other such dogmas."

-- Ernst Mach

#Littles Quotes #Atoms Quotes #Dogma Quotes

“To apply for a gifted program, children as young as 4 are required to sit through hour-long verbal exams.”
“I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later.”

Source : "Shadow & Act One On One w/ Derek Luke On His Work In ‘Sparkle’ & Upcoming Projects". Shadow & Act Interview, www.indiewire.com. August 09, 2012.
“Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.”
“If I diminish you, I diminish myself”
“I read everything. I've always got a book on the go and I'm really nerdy about it, I get through books and don't remember anything about them afterwards. But I read all sorts, from classic to contemporary.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Targeting investment returns leads investors to focus on potential upside rather on downside risk ... rather than targeting a desired rate of return, even an eminently reasonable one, investors should target risk.”
“That is the difference we make in the world. And our own safety - our own security - depends upon our willingness to do what it takes to defend this nation, and uphold the values that we stand for - timeless ideals that will endure long after those who offer only hate and destruction have been vanquished from the Earth.”
“We just sat there and watched the plane pass the island, and it never came back," he said. "I could see it on the radar. It makes you feel terrible. Life was cheap in war.”

Source : Laura Hillenbrand (2010). “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption”, p.83, Random House

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