"If we knew exactly what to expect throughout the Solar System, we would have no reason to explore it."

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Source : Poul Anderson (2008). “The Van Rijn Method”, p.54, Baen Publishing Enterprises

Poul Anderson

#Exploration Quotes #Reason Quotes #Solar System Quotes

“I don't want to expose the intricacies of my work so people can understand how I did it.”
“I don't save money. Save is a four letter word! I like to borrow money because I can get richer faster on borrowed money. I have what is called retained earnings, so I don't have to save money. If I need money, I will go out and borrow it.”
“Enjoy your life...let loose, party hard and just have a good time :) <3”
“There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.”
“We should be increasing research and development into our fossil fuel program.”
“He was obviously dead. But since he was a vampire that wasn't as hopless a thing as it might have been.”
“A great artist can change society because of the entertaining and mesmerizing quality of his or her art.”

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“I've come to realize that I'm a image maker, not an object maker. Images come to me as photographs because I don't have any other way of express them. I have to translate everything into still or moving pictures. I've learned that reality is not important to me. In the end it is the representation of reality that I'm striving to capture.”

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