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"You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space."
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"Some facts have been explored at deeper level others not... but still there will come one question probably you will thought that what you see outside of the Earth I mean in the space... that's all... but unfortunately, it's not all there is more and more out there!"

"You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place."

"Proxemics is the study of human use of space and the effects that population density has on behavior, social interaction, and communication. Imagine invisible bubbles around every person that provides each of us with comfort zones for social engagement and interaction."

"Canada has made a strong commitment as a partner in the International Space Station and, like the other partners, wishes to see the assembly of this unique orbiting laboratory continue."

"We felt it was very important for an entity like CCTV to make its presence felt... To generate a space and to define a space, that is the main thing."

"It's a whole other ball game and I am glad that I fit into that space where, whatever it is that you want to do and you are doing as long as you are happy with it, then you know What the Heck!"

"What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone."

"The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it's going to become multiplanetary, or it's going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there's going to be an extinction event."

"Those folks out in the space suits are going to be getting beat up."
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"It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud."

"I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot."

"We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews."

"Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question."

"But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake."

"In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it."

"One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that."

"When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny."

"But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time."
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