"My dear Kepler, what would you say of the learned here, who, replete with the pertinacity of the asp, have steadfastly refused to cast a glance through the telescope? What shall we make of this? Shall we laugh, or shall we cry?"

-- Galileo Galilei

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“I wanted to break the record, of course, and become the youngest person to sail around the world solo and unassisted.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.27, Thomas Nelson Inc
“I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.”
“One man is as good as another until he has written a book.”

Source : In Evelyn Abbott and Lewis Campbell (eds.) 'The Life and Letters of Benjamin Jowett' (1897) vol. 1, p. 248
“If it squares with the Scripture, then let's go. If it's in conflict with the Scripture, then it's heresy.”
“You have underestimated my power, as you will shortly discover.”
“You have no control [over natural disaster]. That's what's scary about it. You're helpless. That feeling of helplessness is really scary.”
“It is natural to want to have a future.”
“It's not enough to be born free; I have to live my freedom!”

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