We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.
The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.
I have a vision of the world as a global village, a world without boundaries.
You have to dream. We all have to dream. Dreaming is OK. Imagine me teaching from space, all over the world, touching so many peoples lives. Thats a teachers dream! I have a vision of the world as a global village, a world without boundaries. Imagine a history teacher making history!
If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public what's going on up there in the space program, then my job's been done.
Space is for everybody. It's not just for a few people in science or math, or for a select group of astronauts. That's our new frontier out there, and it's everybody's business to know about space.
What are we doing here? We're reaching for the stars!
I was an only child. I did have kind of like a lonely existence.
Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.
We`ve had tremendous success, the bookings are through the roof.
You don`t have the same reaction to a girl walking around the street today in a nightgown and a vintage coat and sneakers, that you did six years ago.