"The Nile, draining out into the Mediterranean. The bright lights of Cairo announce the openingÂ of the north-flowing riverâ€™s delta, with Jerusalemâ€™s answering high beams to the northeast. This 4,258Â mile braid of human life, first navigated end-to-end in 2004, is visible in a single glance from space."

-- Chris Hadfield

#Light Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Space Quotes

“I like writing flawed women, and being one, its something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.”
“The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry.”

Source : "Of Molecules and Men". Book by Francis Crick, p. 10, 1966.
“I always expected my work to be what was noticed, appreciated or what would eventually succeed, not my sexuality.”
“No times were more dangerous than when our country was born, when revolution was our midwife.”

Source : 1987 Response to Adm John M Poindexter and Lt Col Oliver L North's contention that their actions were greatly influenced by 'a dangerous world'. In the NewYork Times, 24 Jul.
“I think parents should know what their children are reading, and if they truly object, they should tell their kids why, rather than summarily removing a book from their possession.”
“I couldn't skate, I couldn't shoot, and I wasn't very intelligent. But I was spectacular”
“Vegetation is really controlling what happens...whereas the emphasis in the climate models has always been on the atmosphere.”
“It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing.”

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