- Meant To Be
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- Nov 07, 2020
Space Quotes
Space means something different at every scale.
These space quotes cover a surprising range — screenwriters complaining about crowded cafe tables, a musician resisting being boxed into one sonic style, and an old joke about the outer-space program's tax-dollar value. For more on the physical world, see our Earth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when I was writing 'The Tin Drum,' I had the totally misguided idea of giving Oskar Matzerath a sister, and he just wouldn't have it. There was no space for a sister, yet I had the character of the sister in my head. In fact I used her in later novels, in 'Cat and Mouse' and 'Dog Years,' Tulla Pokriski.
- Responsible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first date was with Endeavour, and my last date is going to be with Endeavour, as far as space shuttles are concerned.
- Genuine
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- Nov 07, 2020
Very little useful science got done in the space station. NASA never did the experiments needed to develop the technologies required for a genuine interplanetary expedition: centrifugal gravity to avoid bodily harm and a truly closed biosphere.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seeing the space future through science fiction can be difficult. Much science fiction of the early era, the 1950s through the '70s, took an expansionist view.
- Predict
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- Nov 07, 2020
Science fiction writers didn't predict the fade-out of NASA's manned space operations, and they weren't prepared with alternative routes to space when that decline became undeniable.
- Nov 07, 2020
The people who built the space program - both Soviet and U.S. - were readers of science fiction.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
My home kitchen is airy, with a gas stove, a stainless-steel island table in the center and granite countertops. It's very modest but there's tons of counter space, so you can slap down three or four cutting boards.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, in the space of a year, we've spent 450 percent more for power than we did the year before, and bought essentially the same amount of power. This year, that number's likely to go up. That can't go on forever and have us continue to be the economic engine for America.
- Nerd
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a teenager, I was a huge computer nerd. I went to computer programming camp. I went to space camp.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Space camp was actually, like, the best summer of my life. It was amazing. But I thought I wanted to be a computer programmer, and among computer science folks, Turing is this object of cult-like fascination.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Space exploration promised us alien life, lucrative planetary mining, and fabulous lunar colonies. News flash, ladies and gents: Space is nearly empty. It's a sterile vacuum, filled mostly with the junk we put up there.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020