Seamus Heaney I think childhood is, generally speaking, a preparation for disappointment. – Seamus Heaney Childhood Quotes Disappointment Quotes Preparation Quotes Speaking Quotes I think the first little jolt I got was reading Gerard Manley Hopkins – I liked other poems… but Hopkins was kind of electric for me – he changed the rules with speech, and the whole intensity of the language was there and so on. The day I entered St Columb’s College, my parents bought me a Conway Stewart pen. It was a special afternoon, of course. We were going to be parting that evening; they were aware of it, I was aware of it, nothing much was said about it.
Christopher Miller With a bucket of Lego, you can tell any story. You can build an airplane or a dragon or a pirate ship – it’s whatever you can imagine. – Christopher Miller
Irwin Rose I floated around in the department of biochemistry and learned some interesting things, and then I began to… I never wanted to work with a mentor because I always wanted to have my own reputation and be free to do what I wanted to do. So I worked with the weakest people in the department. Don’t make that public. – Irwin Rose
Michael Franti My mother, she made sure all of us were treated the same and had the same opportunity to grow and develop, so that when we left the house, we could fly on our own. And she also knew when we got out into the world, we’d treat others that we came across with that same treatment and respect. – Michael Franti
Cote de Pablo If you asked me what my dream would be – obviously, ‘NCIS’ is a dream to me – I’d like to be on a period show. – Cote de Pablo
Dmitri Mendeleev The elements which are the most widely diffused have small atomic weights. – Dmitri Mendeleev
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