Nancy Roman I was born in Nashville, Tenn., but I have lived in a number of places. In 1937, I moved to Baltimore, Md., where I attended junior high and high school. I lived there for five years before leaving for college. – Nancy Roman Attended Quotes Baltimore Quotes Born Quotes College Quotes Junior Quotes Leaving Quotes Lived Quotes Moved Quotes Nashville Quotes School Quotes Tenn Quotes A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy. My career was quite unusual, so my main advice to someone interested in a career similar to my own is to remain open to change and new opportunities. I like to tell students that the jobs I took after my Ph.D. were not in existence only a few years before.
John Lanchester Money is like poetry because both involve learning to communicate in a compressed language that packs a lot of meaning and consequence into the minimum semantic space. – John Lanchester
Dyan Cannon I wanted to star in a western opposite Robert Redford. That was my plan for my life. – Dyan Cannon
David Horsey Experience shows us that most people’s votes are based on their biases, not on objective reality. Elections are a collective gut reaction. That any good comes of it at all is the miracle of democracy. – David Horsey
Dave BarryFoodTrust The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn’t have eyeballs or fins. – Dave Barry
Mark Schultz Me and my brother lived in kind of a shed behind our house, and it was cold. We really lived kind of a dirty existence. It was tough to move away from my father and grandfather in California. I wore socks that were so dirty they were hard and black, and I would go into the lost and found box at school and look for clothes. – Mark Schultz
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