"Space doesn't just encompass the sublime and the ridiculous. It erases the line between."

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Source : Mary Roach (2011). “Packing for Mars”, p.11, Oneworld Publications

Mary Roach

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“Look at your life as an experiment. Make a comprise with all your doubts and fears: For a year or two, do what you can to move toward your ideal scene, in a easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way. See what happens.”
“Marketing is what you do when your product is no good.”
“My dad was a cotton buyer and cotton buyers always considered themselves superior to the rest of the world.”
“If future society assumes the contours foretold by Marxism, if the jungle of our cities turns to the polis of man and the dreams of anger are made real, the representative art will be high comedy. Art will be the laughter of intelligence, as it is in Plato, in Mozart, in Stendhal.”
“Wisdom can’t prevent the storm.”
“The two questions that anyone ever asks me are: 'Are house prices going to go down?' and 'Is it a good time to fix my mortgage rate?'”
“I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.”
“As far back as I can remember, I wanted to dance, sing and perform.”

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