For NASA, space is still a high priority.
Meaning of the quote
The quote means that NASA, the U.S. space agency, still considers exploring space to be very important. Even though some people might think NASA is not as important anymore, the Vice President says that NASA's work in space exploration is still a top priority for the government.
About Dan Quayle
Dan Quayle was the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, Quayle had a political career that included representing Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate before becoming Vice President.
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It’s a question of whether we’re going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.
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The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.
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What you guys want, I’m for.
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Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we’re going forward to tomorrow or whether we’re going to go past to the – to the back!
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I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy – but that could change.
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Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.
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We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.
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It’s wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.
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You do the policy, I’ll do the politics.
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Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
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I stand by all the misstatements that I’ve made.
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It’s rural America. It’s where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.
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I have a very good family. I’m very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It’s one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.
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When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it’s always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.
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I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.
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I do have a political agenda. It’s to have as few regulations as possible.
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We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in ‘Red Storm Rising’.
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It’s time for the human race to enter the solar system.
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We’re all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.
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We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.
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Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren’t. I don’t know if its the way you say it, or how you look.
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The other day the President said, I know you’ve had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?
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People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.
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The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument… an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.
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I couldn’t help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake.
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I deserve respect for the things I did not do.
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It shows ‘us vs. them,’ and I’m on the ‘us’ side.
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The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.
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Bank failures are caused by depositors who don’t deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.
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My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.
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When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame.
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It’s a very good historical book about history.
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I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
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We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.
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The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.
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The future will be better tomorrow.
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Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.
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Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.
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El Salvador is a democracy so it’s not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans… I have heard a single voice.
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I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn’t study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.
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Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That’s a statement in and of itself.
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I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.
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I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. I’m not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings.
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We’re going to have the best-educated American people in the world.
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Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can’t do that. It’s gone, gone forever.
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They need help, and we have helped, and we are here to help. And we are helping, and we’re going to continue to help.
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What a terrible thing to have lost one’s mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is ‘to be prepared’.
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You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.
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Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It’s the other way around. They never vote for us.
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If you give a person a fish, they’ll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they’ll fish for a lifetime.
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When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it’s Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.
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Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win.
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We shouldn’t have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.
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I want to be Robin to Bush’s Batman.
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We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.
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The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation’s history. I mean in this century’s history. But we all lived in this century. I didn’t live in this century.
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Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.
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Bobby Knight told me this: ‘There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.’ In other words a good offense wins.
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Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.
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If we don’t succeed we run the risk of failure.
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If Al Gore invented the Internet, I invented spell check.
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This election is about who’s going to be the next President of the United States!
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Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.
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A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
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For NASA, space is still a high priority.
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I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child.
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People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
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I don’t watch it, but I know enough to comment on it.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.
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Great American sport. Horseshoes is a very great game. I love it.
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What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.
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I’ve never professed to be anything but an average student.
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Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less.
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We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
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In George Bush you get experience, and with me you get – The Future!
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It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
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I just don’t believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.
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I have made good judgements in the past. I have made good judgements in the future.
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I’m going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we’ve had in a couple of hundred years.
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