Anna Izmailova:
CLASS OF 2000
Acalanes High SchoolClass of 2000
Lafayette, CA
Anna's Story
Anna is from Moscow, Moscow City, Russia. Anna's schools include Acalanes High School.
Music Anna likes includes Joy.Division, The Faint, Architecture in Helsinki. Books Anna likes include W.H. Auden, The Magic of Reality, W. H. Auden. Movies Anna likes include Lost in Translation, Annie Hall, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. TV shows Anna likes include The Walking Dead, Skins, Breaking Bad.
One of Anna's favorite quotes is:"“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. So are our emotions in the presence of great art or music or literature, or acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counter-intuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.
“We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.”
"Wonder and Skepticism" Carl Sagan
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of star stuff.”
― Carl Sagan
“The earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. It's been said that astronomy is a humbling, and I might add, a character-building experience. To my mind, there is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
― Carl Sagan".
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