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“Space exploration must be undertaken not only out of simple human curiosity but also to further the survival of the species. The twentieth century has seen the unprecedented development and proliferation of magnificent technologies. Many of them, through design, ignorance, or misuse, are capable of destroying life as well as enhancing it. Space exploration alone holds the promise of eventual escape from a dying planet, provided we wisely manage our resources in the meantime and actually survive that long.”
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“My inner motivation is to make the world a better place; the bad guy and the good guy think the same thing.”
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“The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.”
Source : Resolution adopted by Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 27 Jan. 1843.
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“My daughter, dad where do homeless people come from? My answer, everywhere.”
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“We know we're going to go through ups and downs and we've all experienced that, but it's about surrendering some of that control, which we all find so hard to do, but it's really freeing when you can do that.”
Source : "Nashville Predators center Mike Fisher talks about trust". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. April 2012.
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“Truly good manners are invisible: they ease the way for others, without drawing attention to themselves. It is no accident that the word "punctilious" ("attentive to formality or etiquette") comes from the same original root as punctuation.”
Source : "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation". Book by Lynne Truss, www.today.com. November 6, 2003.
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“Never be with anyone you couldn't imagine yourself being able to live without.”
Source : Caroline Leavitt (2007). “Girls in Trouble: A Novel”, p.222, Macmillan
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“That's what perfect means. You're finished.”