I've always resented the force of attraction that traps me here on Planet Earth. It makes me feel like a bug stuck to a piece of duct tape. Ever since my teenage years, when I used to read a lot of science fiction and took it much too seriously, I've dreamed of somehow reaching escape velocity. I am, you might say, anti-gravity.

Personally, I believe that government, rather than money, tends to be the primary factor limiting the development of new technologies.

Misery is the stuff of comedy, if one can just live long enough to get over it.

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