Burt Rutan Quotes

Our goal is to show that you can develop a robust, safe manned space program and do it at an extremely low cost.

Burt Rutan

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SpaceYouGoalSafeCostLow

I feel that writers think with their noses to the ground, and the dark stuff kind of comes to me more, even though I really am sort of an upbeat guy. It's an honest descent into darkness. And you can't have the joy without the grief - it's why we listen to Mozart's 'Requiem.'

Andre Dubus III

GriefDarknessJoyMeThinkYou

Obama came in really wanting to change things, but he hit a wall of corporate money, oil and coal money: when he tried to pass the Cap and Trade system of pharmaceutical money, when he tried to pass the Obamacare - which, of course, then got watered down into a much less effective, much less economical, program.

Robert Kennedy, Jr.

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The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature in the world quite like the U.S. Senate.

Max Baucus

WorldPoliticalBodyUniqueLike

There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

Matthew McConaughey

ChampionThinkingYouKnowing

I think it would be very difficult to maintain one kind of art or whatever for your whole life. I think it's unrealistic.

Sia

LifeArtThinkKindDifficultWhole

Orchestras are like people. They're the sonic embodiment of their community.

Simon Rattle

CommunityPeopleLikeEmbodiment

Making the City Of Joy gave me the best political education of my life. It became a wrestling match between an Englishman who had gradually ceased to be a Marxist, and a culture that was becoming more Marxist by the day.

Roland Joffe

LifeEducationBestCultureDayJoy

Feeling a few nerves is necessary and positive. That tension is a good thing: it's a sign that you're doing something you like, that you're passionate about, and about which you have a great sense of responsibility and respect for.

Julen Lopetegui

PositiveGoodRespectGreatDoing

It's a good rule of thumb, it seems to me: if you're not allowed to see where something comes from, don't put it in your mouth.

Jonathan Safran Foer

GoodMeYouMouthSeeSomething

Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners.

Dirk Kempthorne

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I'm more aware of time. The element of time.

Dianne Wiest

TimeMoreAwareElement

In order to crash the party and be a clown with your own skit, you had to be there for quite a while.

David Strathairn

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