Alan Stern Quotes
We're in the space exploration business, and the outer solar system is a wild, wooly place. We haven't explored it very well.
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I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.
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Candice is the original spelling of my name. I changed it to Kandyse when I was really young and first starting out in the business as kind of a joke. I didn't realize it would stick! I did consider changing it, but then it seemed too confusing, so then I asked them to change it back. Not too soon, however!
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Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
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I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.
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Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth.
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We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.
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I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.
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One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.
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It's hard for us to really understand the immensity so far of the conquest of space.
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I believe that first impressions are very important.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it's so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I've received a spam text.
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Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
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I think Steve Jobs is a historic figure. He's not only a historic figure in business, but really in America.
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Acting is about going into the space, and there are just some places that I'm not willing to go.
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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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You find that you can have the best business in the most exciting industry, but if the execution, if the torch-holder, if the value-creator isn't there, then we don't make it happen.
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I think my darkest days were probably when I was catering. I would go to these parties and pass out hors d'oeuvres, and it's like you're invisible. I remember one catering captain told me that all you are is a tray that comes into their space for a moment and then you leave. It was one of the most depressing things I've ever been told.
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I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.
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I think Galliano returning to London Fashion Week at some point would be hugely well received by the industry.
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The first modern novel was already a product, even an expression, of negative criticism: 'Don Quixote' contains a quite explicit critique of the chivalric romance and its insufficiency to account for the way real life feels when you get up in the morning in 17th-century Spain.
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I loved being on the set with my stepfather. I loved the magic of movies. I went on the set of 'The Mod Squad' - I mean, can you imagine? Just walking into a living room and then walking behind the living room, and it's just flat. There's nothing I love more than being on a sound stage.
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I want to be so giving and collaborative, but my best songs were written on my own.
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We're in the space exploration business, and the outer solar system is a wild, wooly place. We haven't explored it very well.
