"The dead spacecraft in orbit have become a permanent fixture around our planet, not unlike the rings of Saturn. They will be the longest-lasting artifacts of human civilization, quietly circling Earth until the Sun turns into a Red Giant, about five billion years from now."

-- Trevor Paglen

#Years Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Orbit Quotes

“We are afraid of the enormity of the possible.”
“Poetry is the fiery index to the genius of the age.”
“Casals says music fills him with the wonder of life and the 'incredible marvel' of being a human. Ives says it expands his mind and challenges him to be a true individual. Bernstein says it is enriching and ennobling. To me, that sounds like a good cause for making music and the arts an integral part of every child's education. Studying music and the arts elevates children's education, expands students' horizons, and teaches them to appreciate the wonder of life.”
“How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?”
“It's ill-becoming for an old broad to sing about how bad she wants it. But occasionally we do.”
“I like a new clean book, freshly bound, particularly when I am the first to read it. I like dirty books - where other people have been before me, slipping fried eggs between the pages as markers - rather less.”

Source : Nancy Spain (1964). “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way”
“By using novels, I show ordinary kids confronting and overcoming great odds.”
“I pray that god answers, maybe I'll ask nicer”

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