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"I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that we cannot imagine them apart from their physical and social context even when we see them in empty space."
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"Rockets are cool. There's no getting around that."

"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!"

"Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian."

"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."

"And the first flight of the tether satellite happened in '92, and I was the backup on that flight."

"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."
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"We live in a society that compels us to go on using these concepts, and we no longer know what they mean."

"You know what I would like to do: make a film with actors standing in empty space so that the spectator would have to imagine the background of the characters."

"Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their surroundings is of prime importance."

"I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth."

"I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules."

"I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like."

"I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science."

"When man becomes reconciled to nature, when space becomes his true background, these words and concepts will have lost their meaning, and we will no longer have to use them."

"When a scene is being shot, it is very difficult to know what one wants it to say, and even if one does know, there is always a difference between what one has in mind and the result on film."
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