Walter Savage Landor Quotes
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The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat.
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Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?
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Nothing endures but personal qualities.
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I don't go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon; we've already practiced.
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Nothing ever goes away.
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Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
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With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
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What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.
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I don't feel like sitting around doing nothing would benefit me.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
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We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.
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In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory.
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We love our fans, so there's nothing we wouldn't do for them, and we go directly to t hem.
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The boundary between space and the earth is purely arbitrary. And I'll probably always be interested in this planet - it's my favorite.
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I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death.
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Don't you see what's at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet.
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I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.
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The greatest service that can be offered to children who show personality traits or inclinations that might not be understood by the adults around them is to allow them to express their own unique humanity.
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When you read the news, and you see all this bad stuff happening, there's a tendency to lose faith in humanity. But I meet so many people who restore it and realize that, actually, 99 percent of people are great.
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Life tol'ably queer. You think you've got a grip on it, then you open your hands and you find there's nothing in them.
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Acting isn't something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you're going to start with logic, you might as well give up. You can have conscious preparation, but you have unconscious results.
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Like at the DMV when you've passed your driver's test and had a really bad picture taken and you're waiting for them to bring you your license?" Jack said. "Exactly, only without the filth and peasants," Aphrodite said.
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Muslims have a right to every other people, like everybody, to come to the United States.
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There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
