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John C. Mather Quotes

My interest in science started quite early. My earliest school recollection, from age 6, is actually of mathematics, realizing that one could fill an entire page with digits and never come to the largest possible number, so I saw what was meant by infinity.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 7, 1946

Topics

Age Science Mathematics School Early

If you're going to go to a festival, drink water for six days before you get there.

Water You Go Drink Days Going

In most shows, there's usually a hero or a protagonist, and even if there are multiple heroes or protagonists, most shows try and make it so you really always know who's the good guy and who's the bad guy.

Good Hero You Bad Know Try

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

John Galsworthy

Brainy Problem Distance Idealism

I was always more interested in asking people about themselves than I was telling them about me.

People Me More Always Asking Than

I love tiny, plastic realistic food magnets. I don't know why. They're hilarious.

Love Food Know Why Plastic Tiny

I've made some bad movies. And I really enjoyed it!

Tommy Lee Jones

Lunch American Cinema Important Most

It's the classic story form. All staying equal, or proving equal, or being equal, this will all continue, and the next time around, we'll move on to see what happened to Harry after he dove in the river, or who his friend John really was, and so on.

Friend Time River Story Move On See

I don't do well with snakes and I can't dance.

Dance Well Snakes

Through my education, I didn't just develop skills, I didn't just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence.

Education Confidence Learn Skills

The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

Mistake Die Office Greatest Made

My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are, they're interested in you.

Father Mother People Friends You

I've always tried to avoid electronic music in India because whatever songs I got in the genre I didn't really enjoy singing them - I didn't like the arrangements.

Music Singing Enjoy India Whatever

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