"I began to analyze the movie [The Day the Earth Stood Still] and said it was really made out of these two characters [Nikola Tesla and Leon Teremin] who were brought together. That made it fascinating to me. And especially the language they made up, that Klaatu speaks. Because it has a Latin word order. It's like medieval Latin, but it had some Navajo phonemes in it and that kind of stuff."

-- Paul Laffoley

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“It's fun having songs about parties and gigolos, but I really wanted to use my music as a form of art. Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think, and I wanted to do that with this song”
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“As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans.”
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“Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.”
“I would love to have been a documentary filmmaker; I just didn't have the resources to do that.”
“Literature provides us with experiences it would not be wise or possible to introduce into our own world and thus enlarges our understanding of the world.”

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