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- Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible,…
- I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.
- The inspirational value of the space program is probably of far greater importance to education than any input of dollars... A whole generation is growing…
- Every age has its dreams, its symbols of romance. Past generations were moved by the graceful power of the great windjammers, by the distant whistle…
- Before the current decade ends, fee-paying passengers will be experiencing suborbital flights aboard privately funded vehicles. . . . It won't be too long before…
- In the long run, there are no secrets. in science. The universe will not cooperate in a cover-up.
- Using material ferried up by rockets, it would be possible to construct a "space station" in ... orbit. The station could be provided with living…
- CNN is one of the participants in the war. I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected president but refuses because he doesn't want…
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- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
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- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster
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- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
- People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old. — Billie Joe Armstrong