"What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances."

Earth, Name

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"What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances."

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"But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth."

Ted Shackelford, American Actor

Earth, Living

"I'm the audience's representative on earth."

Michael Caine, English Actor

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"It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating earth and the things growing thereon."

Kate Chopin, American Author

Earth, Energy, Stars

"No waiting the beyond, no peering toward it,but longing to degrade not even death;we shall learn earthliness, and serve its ends,to feel its hands about us like a friend's."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Earth, Death, Life, Learning

"NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the earth and sun and deflect 2 or 3 percent of the sunshine back into space. It would be cheaper than the international space station."

James Lovelock, English Scientist

Earth, Space, Sun, Will

"Heaven is high, Earth Wide. Bitter between them flies my sorrow."

Li Po, Chinese Poet

Earth, Flies, Heaven, Sorrow

"To add an AC outlet, for example, you just drill a circular hole in the wall, tap into the wiring, add the outlet and you're set. If you don't want it, pull it out and plaster over it with more earth to seal the hole."

Randy Bachman, Canadian Musician

Earth, Example, Want

"I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus."

Sarah Zettel, American Author

Earth, Living, Moon, Race

"Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far."

Joan D. Vinge, American Author

Earth,

"Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth."

Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian Author

Earth, Enjoyment, Heaven, Lovers

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"Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure."

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"Books have led some to learning and others to madness."

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"How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance."

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"To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds."

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"There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen."

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"Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace."

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"But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth."

"I'm the audience's representative on earth."

"It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating earth and the things growing thereon."

"No waiting the beyond, no peering toward it,but longing to degrade not even death;we shall learn earthliness, and serve its ends,to feel its hands about us like a friend's."

"NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the earth and sun and deflect 2 or 3 percent of the sunshine back into space. It would be cheaper than the international space station."

"Heaven is high, Earth Wide. Bitter between them flies my sorrow."

"To add an AC outlet, for example, you just drill a circular hole in the wall, tap into the wiring, add the outlet and you're set. If you don't want it, pull it out and plaster over it with more earth to seal the hole."

"I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus."

"Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far."

"Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth."

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"Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure."

"Books have led some to learning and others to madness."

"How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance."

"To be able to say how much love, is love but little."

"And tears are heard within the harp I touch."

"Love is the crowning grace of humanity."

"Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure."

"To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds."

"There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen."

"Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace."