"Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters."

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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

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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."

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"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."

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"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."

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

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"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

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"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

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"Weapons are created to be used. There's no place for the weak on this earth."

Curt Siodmak, German Novelist

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Business

"By the time of the United States Tricentennial, there will be more government workers than there are workers."

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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."

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"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."

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"Motivation will almost always beat mere talent."

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