The same aspirations to celebrate and uplift the spirit that drove the Egyptians to build the pyramids are still driving us. The things we're doing differ only in magnitude.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To excavate a pyramid is the dream of every archaeologist.
We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal lives.
We achieved our mission to the moon. Let's look home from that lofty perch and reimagine our mission on Earth - that is what we need to do here. Together, we can upcycle everything. The world will be better for our positive visions and actions.
The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.
We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.
I think I succeeded in getting the Egyptian people excited about the importance of science, and this is the only way Egypt can get out of this dark ages.
It is true that we aspire to our ancient land. But what we want in that ancient land is a new blossoming of the Jewish spirit.
I'd rather have the influence than the power, and the influence to me is to build institutions of independence and democracy, to regain for Egypt prestige in education and science and technology.
Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to avoid change; they couldn't entirely do so, of course, but did preserve a cultural continuity for almost four thousand years.
I think the important thing now is to have a celebration and then with determination move into our common, shared, different future.
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