"[O]ne might ask why, in a galaxy of a few hundred billion stars, the aliens are so intent on coming to Earth at all. It would be as if every vertebrate in North America somehow felt drawn to a particular house in Peoria, Illinois. Are we really that interesting?"

-- Seth Shostak

#Stars Quotes #America Quotes #Illinois Quotes

“Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.”
“A watch worn by a particle of light would not tick at all. Light realizes the dreams of Ponce de Leon and the cosmetics industry: it doesn't age.”
“Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian.”
“The experience awakened 'my tremendous musical ambition, which has never subsided to this day.”
“What I want people to realize is that there is enough inside them, that everything that they really need in order to feel a sense of aliveness and creativity is already inside. And not only is it inside them, but if they allow it they will have an interesting life.”
“If you don't know the guy on the other side of the world, love him anyway because he's just like you. He has the same dreams, the same hopes and fears. It's one world, pal. We're all neighbors.”

Source : Interview with Joe Hyams, Playboy magazine, February 1963.
“I love Ben Affleck so much. He's an amazing director.”
“O liberty, Parent of happiness, celestial born When the first man became a living soul; His sacred genius thou.”

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