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The fact that it comes at a particularly inopportune moment is unfortunate, but either we are serious about long-term commitments like this or not. Nobody is asking for more money. Apollo was done as a warlike mobilization of national resources and there's no reason to do that now. John Logsdon
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So many people I talk to who work in technology, you ask them, 'What got you interested in science?' and those from my generation say, 'The Apollo landings.'
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy. Karl Schroeder
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There are more computer circuits on the radio of a new car than there were computer circuits on Apollo missions. These days everything is interconnected with computers. So unless you understand physics, you're not going to be able to fix a car.
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Growing up in the '60s and early '70s, with the space flight and the Apollo program, I always loved planes. I always loved rockets and I always loved space travel. Stewart O'Nan
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Given that the movie had to condense four days into two hours, and given that the communications were sometimes rather tedious and technical, it was pretty accurate, ... Apollo 13. Fred Haise
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He got a chance to go on American Bandstand and travel up to New York to the Apollo and so forth. He still didn't make a whole lot of money, but at least his name was spreading.
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Our hitting was good. We put the ball in play and hit the ball hard. It had been awhile since we swept a team. We are hoping to finish strong in the Apollo and pick ourselves up a little bit.
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I was born too late to experience Apollo 11, though I do trek to Dad's house every time there's some space event. There's something awesome about crossing your fingers and watching a tense Mission Control room do their thing. Andy Weir
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The expression "to write something down" suggests a descent of thought to the fingers whose movements immediately falsify it. William Gass
descent scale visible
Crossing the Penobscot, one found a visible descent in the scale of humanity. Francis Parkman
descent top
Think about a descent from top to the bottom. Verne Lundquist
image
We want the image to be recognizable, that's our goal. Glenn Miller
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The poet, whether in prose or verse, the creator, can only stamp his images forcibly on the page, in proportion, as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them
image orders ruled states united
The United States are ruled by a financial, media-centered, military-industrial apparatus. Behind Obama's grin, he orders bombings. He just displays a different image than Bush. That's how he expands U.S. global domination. Nicolas Maduro
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You can no longer just have a magazine that shows you this glossy impervious image of women - in the studio, artificial, wearing a push-up bra. Natalie Massenet
image mind needs negative overcome
She needs to overcome the negative image planted in everyone's mind during the 2000 election. David Johnson
image people reaching scientific
When you're reaching out to people beyond the scientific community, image does matter. Lisa Randall
images jail police
I was just horrified. Images flashed before me of going to jail and being handcuffed and being put in a police car.
image trying
I think (Stern) is just trying to get our image back. Gary Payton
image keeps people playing unfair
I don't think people want the image of an unfair playing surface. I think that is the administration's issue. We all want to be at home, we want to be at our house, but if this keeps everyone happy, then we're happy.
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Many of these video-sharing sites are all variations on a theme. So at some point, we're going to see consolidation.
sites walked
I have walked around the same streets so many times, and then seen a place that had been hidden to me. I now know the sites in a way that makes me think I could have made better use of the connections between place and snowball. Andy Goldsworthy
sites
Our Web sites and our e-mail lists are the two things that we control. Teresa Medeiros
sites ticket virtual
We think that the artists' sites could be virtual ticket outlets.
sites
How can you say that there are over 60 sites that can't be inspected? Bill Richardson
sites
I don't often go to a place just to check out all the cultural sites of a city. Joe Sacco
sitting done news
The only thing I'd ever done with news was to read copy sitting at the microphone in the studio. Ed Bradley
sitting scripts film
I've never seen or heard of a mob sitting down to read a film script. Deepa Mehta
sitting eating good-things
A good thing to do when one is sitting, eating, and resting is to have a conversation. Daniel Handler
sitting
We've got everything documented, got it all in a book, we're just sitting here waiting.
sitting folding chairs
I didn't get into this position by being like a stiff sitting on the set in a folding chair. I did it by walking around on the streets and stirring things up. Bill Murray
sitting cows tvs
If I don't work, I'll be sitting on the couch watching TV, eating popcorn and getting like a cow. Celia Cruz
sitting looks clock
Look At The Clock When You Are Sitting idle. But Never Look At The Clock When You Are Working. Bill Gates
sitting shelves
Put out as much as you can. It doesn't do anything sitting on a shelf. Brian Eno
sitting tickets watches
The only batsman I would love to see by paying for the tickets and sitting in the stand just to watch him is none other than Sachin Tendulkar Brian Lara
stages
We're still in the preliminary stages of getting information. Michael Collier