Stations Quotes - Page 34

• President Bush wants to build a space station on the moon. And from the moon, he wants to launch people to Mars. You know what this means. He's been drinking again.

  David Letterman

  Drinking, Mean, Moon

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• The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.

  Michelle Obama

  Reality, Men, Black

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• If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Color, Aggravation, Numbers

  "Prime Time: The Life of Edward R. Murrow". Book by Alexander Kendrick, 1969.

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• Elgar's first symphony is the musical equivalent of St Pancras Railway Station.

  Thomas Beecham

  Music, Symphony, Firsts

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• You are not barred from attaining greatness by heredity. No matter who or what your ancestors may have been or how unlearned or lowly their station, the upward way is open for you. There is no such thing as inheriting a fixed mental position; no matter how small the mental capital we receive from our parents, it may be increased; no man is incapable of growth.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Men, Greatness, Parent

  Wallace D. Wattles (2015). “The Science of Being Great: Personal Self-Help Book of Wallace D. Wattles (Unabridged): From one of The New Thought pioneers, author of The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Well, How to Get What You Want, Hellfire Harrison, How to Promote Yourself and A New Christ”, p.8, e-artnow

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• Neither a space station nor an enlightened mind can be realized in a day.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Space, Mind

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins (2003). “How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• That's a KORTAN DAHUK. That's the first alien we see in the film [Valerian]. That's another artist. The first one was Chinese, the one with the space station. This one is American. Personally, that's my favorite alien. I love him. I love his profile and his face. There is such a sweetness and almost a sadness in his face.

  Luc Besson

  Sadness, I Love Him, Artist

  Source: www.slashfilm.com

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• I wrote the entire history of Alpha because the space station was around for 500 years. I have 30 pages on the history of Alpha. Every ten years what happens. They took control and what happened. Every 80 years, they have to change the communication system because it doesn't work anymore. Some aliens come with new technology, and suddenly you can change the electric system. We wrote the entire story [for Valerian]

  Luc Besson

  Communication, Technology, Years

  "Interview: Luc Besson Reveals The Secrets Behind That Stunning ‘Valerian’ Trailer". Interview With Peter Sciretta, www.slashfilm.com. November 10, 2016.

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• I already tried that. Something heavy metal like. And sunglasses. But it didn't work; I went to the gas station and when I left the guy at the counter said, 'bye Mr Schumacher

  Michael Schumacher

  Bye, Guy, Gas Stations

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• Boys do not grow up gradually. They move forward in spurts like the hands of clocks in railway stations.

  Cyril Connolly

  Growing Up, Moving, Son

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• Stores are the same everywhere; small downtowns are done. Not just in America, but globally. You hear the same music on every station, all our building materials look the same, and all our clothes look the same. But I thought that it couldn't be that simple, because Arizona is not Minnesota. There is this other reality, which is a reality of landscape.

  Cynthia Daignault

  Simple, Reality, Clothes

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'll go through all of [12 steps for people who say are traumatized by the election], but a sample: Volunteer to fight Islamaphobia. Join the ACLU. Donate to Planned Parenthood. Take down sexism and misogyny. Sort of all the stations of the cross of liberalism. Sort of all the stations of the cross of liberalism.

  Tucker Carlson

  Fighting, People, Volunteer

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• For the first time American astronauts on the International Space Station ate vegetables grown in space. In other words, even space is getting more rain than California.

  Conan O'Brien

  Rain, Vegetables, California

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• It is our human need - to circle back to the station of our sorrow.

  Michael Hainey

  Circles, Sorrow, Needs

  Michael Hainey (2014). “After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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• The Internet makes it easier to find good music I would have to say. The radio stations that play the kind of music you were talking about, I don't think me and Curt Smith would be that inclined to listen to. It doesn't really affect us and I certainly don't remember the last time I watched MTV.

  Roland Orzabal

  Thinking, Talking, Mtv

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• Our life has become so economic and practical in its orientation that, as you get older, the claims of the moment upon you are so great, you hardly know where the hell you are, or what it is you intended. You are always doing something that is required of you. Where is your bliss station? You have to try to find it.

  Joseph Campbell

  Trying, Bliss, Hell

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.115, Anchor

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• I had spent years working in radio at different stations in Toronto; I wasn't in the stage company of Second City.

  Rick Moranis

  Cities, Years, Different

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• I set up stations, buy a big vat of chili, and then guests do what they want to do - and I still get to party.

  Emily Henderson

  Party, Guests, Want

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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• If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely over a coal burner. We simply have to lessen our consumption of fossil fuels.

  James Lovelock

  Oil, Fuel, Fossils

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• During that space walk there will be some repositioning of the power so that the arm can be fully controlled by the robotic station that is in the Lab.

  Umberto Guidoni

  Space, Arms, Labs

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• I listen to both oldies and contemporary stations. I enjoy listening to current stuff because there's an energy to it that's inspiring.

  Carole King

  Inspiring, Listening, Energy

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• In this era of world wars, in this atomic age, values have changed. We have learned that we are guests of existence, travelers between two stations. We must discover security within ourselves.

  Boris Pasternak

  Change, War, Learning

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• Sir: This point of observation commands an area nearly 50 miles in diameter. The city, with its girdle of encampments, presents a superb scene. I have pleasure in sending you this first dispatch ever telegraphed from an aerial station.

  Thaddeus S. C. Lowe

  War, Cities, Firsts

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• I don't think my grandmother would ever be convinced, but my family was convinced that I was convinced, and actually, they came around. My mother ended up going to fundraisers in Chicago that were raising money to send to the students in the South and actually, over years, she went to an elevated train bus station one day at 6:00 a.m. to hand out leaflets protesting the war.

  Diane Nash

  Mother, War, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• But these days, I get a lot more attention and airplay from the Adult Contemporary and country radio stations, and I feel comfortable saying I'm a part of that.

  Juice Newton

  Country, Adults, Attention

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