"The news media reported the $250 million as an unthinkably huge waste of money and proclaimed that something was wrong with NASA. The result was an investigation and a congressional hearing. Not to defend failure, but $250 million is not much more than the cost to produce Kevin Costner's film flop Waterworld."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

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“The three important elements in hockey are: the forecheck, the backcheck and the paycheck.”
“By an incredible coincidence, Gamow and Edward Condon, who had discovered simultaneously and independently the explanation of radioactivity (one in Russia, the other in this country), came to spend the the last ten years of their lives within a hundred yards of each other in Boulder.”
“Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.”
“AIDS is a state of mind, not a disease.”
“Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt.”
“An individual should not have too much freedom. A nation should have absolute freedom.”
“By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be greater than mortal in some way, and that's led them into creating illusions, sound bites, focus groups that tell you what to do.”
“I don't think my lyrics go so well when I try to sound poetic. Some people do that really well. If I did that I'd feel like it wouldn't be genuine.”

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