"Astronomy may be revolutionized more than any other field of science by observations from above the atmosphere. Study of the planets, the Sun, the stars, and the rarified matter in space should all be profoundly influenced by measurements from balloons, rockets, probes and satellites. ... In a new adventure of discovery no one can foretell what will be found, and it is probably safe to predict that the most important new discovery that will be made with flying telescopes will be quite unexpected and unforeseen. (1961)"

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Source : Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 17, No. 5, p. 191, 194, May 1961.

Lyman Spitzer

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“People are beginning to realize that it's important that we see animals in a natural state - but through film, through video, through documentaries, at wildlife preserves, and through other humanely protected ways, which don't involve... performing for us.”
“Ava said her hand accidentally slipped and made contact with her guy's nose. I said Repeatedly? And she said, 'Uh, yeah. I'm really clumsy.”
“Mind is a captive of the body.”
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“There is this thing called life. We live it, not as we intend or wish, but as we are driven on by forces outside and inside ourselves.”

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“We think a person should do right because it's right, not because their soul will be in eternal jeopardy if they don't toe the line.”

Source : Gini Koch (2010). “Touched by an Alien”, p.123, Penguin
“It's very important for Taiwan to maintain its international contact.”

Source : "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. February 13, 2007.

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