“I did some pretty crazy stuff that I never thought I would do, for the sake of a movie, like surfing in eight-foot waves in pitch-black darkness, where I can't see anything. That still haunts me, kind of, in my nightmares, but it was worth it, it was fun.” KindStillsI CanFunStuffBlackDarknessFeetCrazySakeWaveEightNightmareWorth ItSurfingPitch Black Author:Leven Rambin
“some journalists have described the South Pole as 'hell on earth.' Others refer to my time here as 'an ordeal.' They would be surprised to know how beautiful Antarctica has seemed to me, with its waves of ice in a hundred shades of blue and white, its black winter sky, its ecstatic wheel of stars. They would never understand how the lights of the Dome welcomed me from a distance, or how often I danced and sang and laughed here with my friends. And how I was not afraid.” KnowsLightWould BeEarthBeautifulStarsBlackWhiteKnow HowHellSkyHundredMy FriendsBlueDistanceSouthWinterWaveIceJournalistMy TimeWheelsShadeLaughedNot AfraidEcstaticHell On EarthOrdealsDomesAntarcticaBlue And WhiteShades Of Blue Author:Jerri Nielsen
“The sand swallows burst out of their scupper holes in the bluffs and out over the transparent drown of the water, back again to the white, to the brown, to the black, from moving to stock-still sand waves and water-worked woods and roots that hugged and twisted in the sun.” StillsMovingBlackWaterWhiteSunRootsWaveWoodsHolesBrownSandTwistedTransparentBack AgainBluffs Book:The Adventures of Augie March Source: The Adventures of Augie March
“Gravitational waves will bring us exquisitely accurate maps of black holes - maps of their space-time. Those maps will make it crystal clear whether or not what were dealing with are black holes as described by general relativity.” BlackSpaceClearWaveHolesMapsAccurateCrystalsRelativityBlack HoleSpace TimeGeneral Relativity Author:Kip Thorne
“You absolutely feel, as a black actress, that you've got to ride the wave because there's just so few roles. I hate to play that card, but it's the truth. There's not a lot of roles.” FeelsPlayHateBlackRolesI HateWaveActressesCards Author:Viola Davis