"The Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly alone, our home that must be defended like a holy relic. The Earth was absolutely round. I believe I never knew what the word round meant until I saw Earth from space."

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Source : "How Camera Drones are Changing Our World (and us)" by Claudine Chicheportiche, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 20, 2016.

Alexey Leonov

#Believe Quotes #Home Quotes #Light Quotes

“If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it as something mercurial that required all the right conditions, but now I know that even if I don't get any sleep, I can still work, I can power through. The stars don't have to be perfectly aligned for me to do a good job.”
“Once, when Tom was over here, to tease Rose, I asked him, "Before she was born, can you remember? Were things just the same as they are these days? Did it still rain and get dark and all the stuff it does now? Did the sun go up and down in exactly the same way?" Yes," Tom said, and then he smiled at Rose and said, "No. Not really. Not exactly the same way.”

Source : Hilary McKay (2007). “Caddy Ever After”, p.68, Simon and Schuster
“I think God is the most fantastic designer.”
“The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.”
“They'll be no learning period with nuclear weapons. Make one mistake and you're going to destroy nations.”

Source : "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara". Documentary, www.imdb.com. August 30, 2003.
“Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever.”
“Sin is the second most powerful force in the universe, for it sent Jesus to the cross. Only one force is greater-the love of God.”

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