Past experience, on the shuttle and the Titan rockets, suggests that large multi-segment solid rockets have a probability of failure of 0.5 to 1 per cent. Henry Spencer centexperiencefailure Change image and share on social
I think to be a good actor you need either a good experience of life or education, or both. Honeysuckle Weeks actoreducationexperience Change image and share on social
A philosophy of freedom must set out from the experience of thinking, for it is through this experience of thinking that a human being discovers his own self, finds his bearings as an independent personality. Rudolf Steiner bearingdiscoverexperience share on social
It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it. Gustavo Dudamel chanceclassicalexperience Change image and share on social
Power as an experience is as intense as sex. Power is more pervasive and unremitting. Sex has periods of remission. John McLaughlin experienceintenseperiod Change image and share on social
People are so familiar with the show that I think they're perfectly happy to let it go by without asking any questions. There's a passivity to how we experience 'The Sound of Music.' Jack O'Brien experiencefamiliarhappy Change image and share on social
I think what makes compelling fiction or cinema is when you're basically taking the most intense moments of experience and you're creating a song or a narrative out of it. David O. Russell basicallycinemacompel Change image and share on social
Finding people who get enormous pleasure from reading books is a more and more unusual experience, and so writers just so much want to be heard. Susie Bright bookenormousexperience Change image and share on social
I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don't get homesick. Magnus Carlsen bugcountryenjoy share on social
The experience of life that you and I have is pretty much a jigsaw puzzle in the box: Day-to-day experiences of disconnected pieces that don't seem to justify the efforts we make each day. Robert Adams boxdaydisconnect Change image and share on social