When someone tells me, 'Oh, we have so many problems on Earth; space exploration costs too much money,' I say, 'I absolutely agree with you. But I still hope we do it.'
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Related I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you'... DENNIS BERGKAMP Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN I have too many credit cards. You know what happened? Someone stole one and I didn't notice. I n... RITA RUDNER Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN I'm so glad I'm not a dentist. How many times does someone say, 'Oh, Doc, it felt so goo... PAULA DEEN My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can... NATASCHA MCELHONE Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA There have been so many times when I'm sitting next to someone, and I have no idea who they are.... RILEY KEOUGH On 'Grey's Anatomy,' I didn't have to move too much. I think I ran through the hospi... ERIC DANE It bothers me when people say, 'Oh, you're so down to earth - for an actor.' Even when t... JAKE GYLLENHAAL When someone tells me not to do something, I'll do it more. LINDSAY LOHAN When people initially think of the term 'space archaeologist,' they think, 'Oh, it's... SARAH PARCAK I know I have a caption that I'm going to use when somebody tells me something I've never he... BRANDON STANTON I still find it strange, I suppose, when I say to someone, 'Can you just pass me my leg?' Bu... OSCAR PISTORIUS It costs a lot of money to deliver newsprint. It's so much easier to do it through the air, Inte... FRANK DEFORD There are people that have that confidence, who march into VIP areas. I assume I won't get in. I... CHRIS LOWE I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES I'm a guy who likes to keep fighting five, six times a year, so if I ask for too much money, the... DONALD CERRONE I'm still growing, still learning. I'm still open and vulnerable enough to know there's ... SAVION GLOVER What I would say to young entrepreneurs is there's so many moments in your life where you have t... HOWARD SCHULTZ So many people ask me, 'Do you like 'Departed?' I say, '50/50.' ANDREW LAU I do work too hard sometimes, but my mom is such an inspiration. She tells me to 'chill out'... JOSH PECK Comedy is such a vulnerable thing. With drama, you're not trying to make someone cry. If you do,... HARLEY QUINN SMITH When I do the roles, when I'm in the room and auditioning, I'll ask the director if they'... BEN SCHWARTZ I'm a pastor. I say, 'Let the church say amen,' and that settles it. Everything has been... ANDRAE CROUCH When I'm making an American film, it's more safe because there are so many people on the set... JACKIE CHAN I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. EVELYN BEATRICE HALL Too many people say to their brokers, I can't deal with this. Take my money. Do what you want. T... MARIA BARTIROMO That's the mantra I use when the team tells me something is too complicated. People keep saying,... MAELLE GAVET If I can be an inspiration for someone, that's fine, but just don't look down on me. Don'... MARK ZUPAN I know that some people shy away from what I say. They think it is too blunt, but when you don't... MISSY ELLIOTT After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what ... JACQUES PEPIN When I sing a set, people will say, 'I love 'Mayday.' People just love 'Mayday' ... CAM We never had a huge squad and we never had a great deal of choice. But in many ways that helps becau... JACK CHARLTON I have never called myself an opera singer. Other people do, but I always call myself a classical si... KATHERINE JENKINS With learning lines, before I had Alfie, I'd put it off and think, 'Oh, I'll just have a... LESLEY MANVILLE I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a r... J. COLE Before you have kids, you're like, 'I hope I don't die on this plane,' or, 'I ho... LAKE BELL Fashion is a vampiric thing; it's the Hoover on your brain. That's why I wear the hats, to k... ISABELLA BLOW I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make ... MITCH DANIELS They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write un... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Nothing I did contributed to me having cancer, so I can't sit back and say, 'Oh why me.'... ERIC DAVIS The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe th... IAN MILLAR If you could really guarantee that the money would be spent on something more worthwhile, I'd sa... MARY ROACH I don't care what I look like; it's how people think of me. And I do care how people think o... MILLIE BOBBY BROWN If someone who is poor says, 'I may not have much money, but for me, what's really important... SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN In Israel, if a person doesn't agree with you, she just says no. In Alabama, someone would say, ... ODEYA RUSH We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space... JAMES LOVELOCK If I get stuck, I look at a book that tells me how someone else did it. I turn the pages, and then I... RICHARD P. FEYNMAN It is weird. People will say, 'Oh my God, I love you.' And I'll say, 'Oh, that's... CHERYL HINES I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're ge... MARION BARRY When you grumble about a taxi being dirty, people your own age will absolutely agree with you, where... IAN MCKELLEN With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things.... DIANA ROSS The way you build trust with your team is around super-clear communication in that instant when they... DICK COSTOLO I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on... TAYLOR SWIFT My favorite moment is when someone says, 'I like 'Unleashed.' 'Now You See Me' i... LOUIS LETERRIER I've never played a character where I've had so much fun on the physical end. I don't wa... CHARLOTTE ROSS I think when you're a fan of music - at least the way I've been a fan to artists that have r... MATISYAHU A lot of people cannot dance because they are inhibited. 'Oh, I can't dance' or 'I h... MADHURI DIXIT I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.'... MAYA ANGELOU The laughs mean more to me than the adoration. If two girls walk up to me and one says 'you'... MICHAEL J. FOX For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn't the art of phot... ANNIE LENNOX Anytime someone tells me that I can't do something, I want to do it more. TAYLOR SWIFT Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's chea... MANOLO BLAHNIK I love getting attention, just like a child loves it, and it's never worn off. So when people sa... DAVID SEDARIS I do read licenses, and they aggravate me, but a computer isn't much good without software. When... BARTON GELLMAN Disneyland is supposed to be the happiest place on Earth and I have to say when I'm riding aroun... FAMKE JANSSEN I don't want to spend too much time dwelling on what I've already done because there is stil... SOPHIA AMORUSO In Yiddish, we say, 'Nisht ahin un nisht aher.' It's neither here, it's neither ther... JEFFREY TAMBOR For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 pounds. I say 'by choice' b... ZIG ZIGLAR It was always kind of sad when your favorite punk rockers, like Jello Biafra or someone, would say t... RICHARD LINKLATER When my mother tells me to do something, I'll do my own thing. A strong character can be good, b... ADELINA SOTNIKOVA When the game is finished, it's completely finished. I'm with my kids. Sometimes people say ... EDEN HAZARD The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't m... YOKO ONO They say I'm insane because I need to have so much creative control. They say I'm unmanageab... IGGY AZALEA Coach Lue always amazed me. I'm like, 'How do you have this much joy coming out of life? You... J. R. SMITH Usually I design the lighting and when I have the physical set there, I'm not good at going out ... TARSEM SINGH For someone in an alternative job, an alternative lifestyle, it's very hard to explain what I do... CONNOR FRANTA Every time I go and shave, I assume there's someone else on the planet shaving. So I say, 'I... MITCH HEDBERG I don't agree that everyone should agree with everyone's lifestyle. I think that some people... NICKI MINAJ When I'm not on stage, I'm kind of shy. If you see me and I don't say much, don't th... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
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