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" I think the universe is pure geometry - basically, a beautiful shape twisting around and dancing over space-time. "

Antony Garrett Lisi

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" In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sacred cow in this society. "

" I feel like our culture is so good at pulling other people down and being so judgmental, but there's space for all of us to be who we are. There's space for us to celebrate each other and root for each other and not take each other down. "

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" Space enthusiasts are the most susceptible demographic to delusion that I have ever seen. "

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" Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is. "

" I feel like I was hit by all of geek culture at once while I was growing up in the '70s and '80s. Saturday morning cartoons like 'Star Blazers' and 'Robotech.' Live action Japanese shows like 'Ultraman' and 'The Space Giants.' "

" I told them how excited I would be to go into space and how thrilled I was when Alan Shepard made his historic flight, and when John Kennedy announced on the news that the men had landed safely on the moon, and how jealous I was of those men. "

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Antony Garrett Lisi

" To an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would no doubt be the large areas covered by oceanic water. The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas. "

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" Private enterprise can never lead a space frontier. It's not possible because a space frontier is expensive, it has unknown risks and it has unquantified risks. "

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Antony Garrett Lisi

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" We have the capability - physically, technically - to protect the Earth from asteroid impacts. We are now able to very slightly and subtly reshape the solar system in order to enhance human survival. "

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" I'm really impressed every time Kanye comes to perform at 'SNL' because he finds a new way to make that space work for him. "