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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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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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 problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
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I have many times resigned myself to never finding a true way out. But a new hope always emerges telling me that it is not yet too late for all of us to take stock and make a decision. I was brought up to believe in free will.
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You cannot expect to be on intimate terms with everybody on your club, and there is no reason why you should be, so long as you are playing the game.
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There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
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There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
