“Outer space is no place for a person of breeding.” — Lady Violet Bonham Carter (1887-1969)
Quotations
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“I mean, it’s a great story. It’s got some great things in it. I mean, there’s something like eight violent deaths.” — Mel Gibson, on reasons to like Hamlet
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“Years ago it meant something to be crazy; now everybody’s crazy.” — Charles Manson
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“Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.” — Amelia Earhart
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“In America sex is an obsession; in other parts of the world it is a fact.” — Marlene Dietrich
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“I remember Tallulah [Bankhead] telling of going into a public ladies’ room and discovering there was no toilet tissue. She looked underneath the booth and said to the lady in the next stall, ‘I beg your pardon, do you happen to have any toilet tissue in there?’ The lady said no. So Tallulah said, ‘Well, then, dahling, do you have two fives for a ten?'” — Ethel Merman
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“It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I just beat people up.” — Muhammad Ali
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“How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheese?” — Charles de Gaulle
Walking on Air
“Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards.” — Astronomer Fred Hoyle
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“It’s not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters.” — Vanna White