"In the summer after kindergarten, a friend introduced me to the joys of building plastic model airplanes and warships. By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent many happy hours constructing devices of unknown purpose where the main design criterion was to maximize the number of moving parts and overall size. The living room rug was frequently littered with hundreds of metal â€œgirdersâ€ and tiny nuts and bolts surrounding half-finished structures. An understanding mother allowed me to keep the projects going for days on end."

-- Steven Chu

#Summer Quotes #Mother Quotes #Moving Quotes

“There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible.”
“I am an American man, and in America, we still think of figure skaters as little girls in pretty, sparkly dresses - I worked very hard to change the perception and image of figure skating, and I think I've done a great job on my end, but in figure skating, taste needs to evolve.”
“There is no humiliation worse than the consciousness of a wasted life. It stains the spirit, forestalls hope, and destroys any motive for action or change.”
“Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.”
“I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians.”
“When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.”

Source : Farewell to Baseball Address, delivered 4 July 1939, Yankee Stadium, New York
“Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.”

Source : "The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield: Together with Notable Extracts from His Speeches and Letters". Book by E. E. Brown, 1881.
“Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart.”

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