"She came over and looked at the picture. Then she took my hand. You know what that feels like? Like what the astronauts will feel when they step onto the moon for the very first time."

-- Gary D. Schmidt

#Moon Quotes #Hands Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals.”

Source : "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.
“My most noticeable physical trait is, hands down, my hair. It's big, unruly and curly, and you can spot it from a mile away... literally.”
“Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.”
“I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society." "Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I'faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one.”
“My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.”
“When I do all-hands calls - and I do a lot of all-hands calls - and I look out across 50 people, or 5,000 people, I see United States sailors. I do not see male sailors, or female sailors, and I do not think anybody else does, either.”
“Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very intimate thing, but you are not addressing other people as 'I' - you are inhabiting that 'I.'”
“I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.”

Source : Interview with Donna Kimura, www.jazzreview.com. January 29, 2011.

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