Mark Traphagen:
CLASS OF 1975
Memorial High SchoolClass of 1975
Cedar grove, NJ
Mark's Story
Mark is from Cedar Grove, New Jersey. Mark's schools include Memorial High School. Mark later attended Liberty University.
Music Mark likes includes Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Books Mark likes include Isaac Sidel, The Tender Bar, The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson. Movies Mark likes include Connected the Film, Best in Show, The Shawshank Redemption. TV shows Mark likes include The Simpsons, 207, Red Dwarf.
One of Mark's favorite quotes is:"A: "Science is a meta-physical party pooper."
B: "I prefer to think of it as the designated driver."
- Wiley Miller (Non Sequitor Comic)
The one experience that I hope every student has at some point in their lives is to have some belief you profoundly, deeply hold, proved to be wrong because that is the most eye-opening experience you can have, and as a scientist, to me, is the most exciting experience I can ever have.
â Lawrence Krauss, physicis
"Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard Feynman
"...hysterical rhetoric is precisely the uncertainty of authority as it defends itself against its own anxiety." - James Hollis (Creating a Life)
"I want to keep my soul fertile for changes, so things keep...Expand for more
getting born in me, so things keep dying when it's time for them to die. I want to keep walking away from the person I was a moment ago, because a mind was made to figure things out, not read the same page recurrently." - Donald Miller, from his book, Through Painted Deserts
âRemembering that Iâll be dead soon is the most important tool that Iâve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everythingâall external expectations all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failureâthese things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.â - Steve Jobs
"Thereâs no categories just long stories waiting to be heard." - Derek Webb (in the song "Names")
"The remarkable thing about life is it's never so bad that it can't get worse" - Calvin (not the Geneva one, although he might agree)
"I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess." - The Man's Prayer (Red Green Show)
"Whatever it is, I'm against it!" - Groucho Marx".
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