John M. Grunsfeld Quotes

We don't know how many planets we're going to have to examine before we find life, and not finding it on 10 or 100 doesn't mean it's not there. This may be very tricky.

John M. Grunsfeld

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LifeFindingFindKnowMeanGoing

I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do.

Jim Fowler

EnoughDumbSaidAlwaysPerkins

Film critics said I gave a voice to the fear we all have: that we'll reach a certain point in our lives, look around and realize that all the things we said we'd do and become will never come to be - and that we're ordinary.

Ann Bancroft

FearVoiceReachLookSaidBecome

There are a lot of human-created systems that we like to tout as being logical that are actually riddled with illogic. And then, on the other hand, we have all these natural systems that are not conscious, but they are logical, and they work really well.

Jeff Vandermeer

WorkHandNaturalBeingWellLike

Somehow I find it easier to inhabit characters if they are a little bit pathetic. I do seem to have an affinity with pathetic people.

Tom Hollander

PeopleFindLittleSeemPathetic

You go to New York, and people say New Yorkers are so rude, and I think they're so nice. They might yell at you, but it's nice.

Rosemarie DeWitt

New YorkPeopleThinkYouNewNice

Liability limit has become a symbol of corporate greed in passing the risk of disaster to the U.S. government and U.S. citizens.

Marvin Ammori

GovernmentGreedRiskBecomeLimit

I always loved comedy, but in my mind, it wasn't a viable career option. I always thought, 'You go to college. You get a job, and then you pay off college.'

Michelle Wolf

JobMindCollegeThoughtLovedYou

Injuries are tough. I tore my ACL 50 percent in my left leg. I can't kick. I'm not going to fight without my left leg, which is my best weapon.

Luke Rockhold

BestFightToughInjuriesWithout

Before I started doing '30 Rock', I did about 25 movies. I'd always been doing stand-up every night, and then I would do, like, two to four movies a year. So I really liked doing that, and I want to get back to that, but because of the time commitment to '30 Rock', there's not much time to do that stuff.

Judah Friedlander

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Many of the most important and life-changing moments of my life occurred when I was a young man. The lessons I learned then formed my character and shaped my destiny.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

LifeCharacterManDestinyMy Life

The shiny red color of the soles has no function other than to identify to the public that they are mine. I selected the color because it is engaging, flirtatious, memorable, and the color of passion.

Christian Louboutin

PassionRedColorMemorableFunction

I had forgotten until I looked up old notes that I sold the film rights of my first book, a life of Mary Wollstonecraft: there was a lunch, a contract, a small sum of money, then nothing.

Claire Tomalin

LifeMoneyLunchSmallBookNothing

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