Dimitar Sasselov Quotes
My parents gave me a small telescope, then I built my own, and one thing led to another. So that's how I ended up going from being a hobby astronomer to a professional astronomer.

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I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form.
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.
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A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.
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Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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The importance of logo into today's fashion is un! be! Lievable!
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I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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One of the advantages of this found footage format is that you can have deliberately badly composed frames. Here we can put a camera in the weirdest angle and it kind of throws you off. You never know what you are supposed to be paying attention to. It's deliberate chaos.
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I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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I think I'm like a free spirit.
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I know nothing about technology.
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Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.
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I have never been particularly picky when it comes to what I'm putting in my hair. Most of it is just the genes I'm so fortunate to have inherited from my parents.
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My parents tolerated me reading comics because they knew I was also reading 'proper' books, too.
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When all you've done is work toward being a professional athlete, and then you injure yourself, and you know that you're going to be out for a while, it's gut-wrenching. It almost feels like your life is over because that's all you've ever worked for.
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My parents gave me a small telescope, then I built my own, and one thing led to another. So that's how I ended up going from being a hobby astronomer to a professional astronomer.