#ole

I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone. ↗

— Enya

#every #gone #history #i #know

...a useful coorective to the triumphalism of some scientists. For example, Maddox went out of his way to emphasise the provisional nature of much physics - he referred to black holes as 'putative' only, to the search for theories of everything as 'the embodiment of a belief, even a hope' and stated that the reason why the quantum gravity project is 'becalmed' right now is because 'the problem to be solved is not yet fully understood' and that the idea that the universe began with a Big Bang 'will be found to be false'. ↗

— Peter Watson

#theory-of-everything #beauty

Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later. ↗

— Bob Filner

#change #committed #continue #courage #determination

I knew it was gonna go out. It was just a question of it being fair or foul. The wind must have carried it 15 feet toward the foul pole. I just stood there and watched. I didn't want to miss seeing it go out. ↗

— Carlton Fisk

#carried #fair #feet #foul #go

Suddenly in the end when it's over, you feel a big weight on your shoulders. That's the role of the captain. Unfortunately, it's sometimes like that in sport. ↗

— Guy Forget

#captain #end #feel #in the end #like

We start out talking about the story, trying to figure out who is who and what should happen, taking notes the whole time. Then I do a rough layout of the issue, showing what happens on each page. Then we discuss that some more. ↗

— Phil Foglio

#discuss #each #figure #happen #happens

I do all kinds of roles - nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho - and occasionally someone kind of normal. It's weird, when I lived in Austin I was always cast as pretty normal people. But when I moved to Los Angeles I was immediately branded a psycho. ↗

— John Hawkes

#angeles #austin #branded #cast #i

I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done. ↗

— Bill Forsyth

#easily #how #i #people #pigeonhole

Muslims have a very bad attitude to homosexuality, they're very intolerant. ↗

— Pim Fortuyn

#bad #bad attitude #homosexuality #intolerant #muslims

I had a wonderful contact, especially with Uncle Bert who was an angel and led the whole group over to my side of a steep ravine I could not cross to get over to them. ↗

— Dian Fossey

#contact #could #cross #especially #get