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“The obviously inexperienced pilot is the game the scientific air-fighter goes after, and the majority of victories are won that way. But, on the other hand, it is the novice usually who gets the fa...”
“I'd had people say, 'You'll enjoy being famous for a week, and you'll never enjoy it again'. But I don't think I had that week. I may have been working and missed that moment.”
“If we knew exactly the laws of nature and the situation of the universe at the initial moment, we could predict exactly the situation of the same universe at a succeeding moment.”
“I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.”
“Recovery begins from the darkest moment.”
“Heroism is endurance for one moment more.”
“I think that's the strength of photography - to decide the decisive moment, to click in the moment to come up with a picture that never comes back again.”
“We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream it may be so the moment after death. ”
“Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.”
“I've always felt music is the only way to give an instantaneous moment the feel of slow motion. To romanticise it and glorify it and give it a soundtrack and a rhythm.”
“Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.”
“This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.”
“It was at this moment that I wrote my first important paper in theoretical physics. I was 32 years old, 5 years beyond the alleged age of senility for theorists.”
“Here's my theory: If a person gets worldwide fame at a young age, they're emotionally frozen at that moment. For me, that's 15 to 18, so you find yourself in your mid-20s being a glorified 15-year-...”
“The only thing that holds true happiness is that moment when you're in it. Nothing can be controlled.”
“My workout regimen at the moment is nonexistent. I wake up in the morning and brush my teeth. My toothbrush and deodorant are my only dumbbells. That's about it.”
“The most significant moment in the course of intellectual development, which gives birth to the purely human forms of practical and abstract intelligence, occurs when speech and practical activity,...”
“There are people who think they know everything about everything. What they don't know is that every moment is a learning moment.”
“Food that's served at the table in a paper parcel always creates a remarkable culinary moment when opened, because the package is full of aromatic steam from the lightly cooked ingredients inside.”
“To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste.”