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"Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective."
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"It is quite futile to argue that man is small compared to the cosmos, for man was always small compared to the nearest tree."

"It is good to focus, but never forget to look around. If you focus on the wrong target, you may miss seeing all of the beauty around you."

"Life is full of beauty, when we focus on the bliss of being."

"But then every man is ludicrous if you look at him from outside, without taking into account what's going on in his heart and mind."

"The very same thing, don't you see, may be looked at tragically, and turned into a misery, or it may be looked at simply and even humorously. Possibly you are inclined to look at things too tragically."

"Through her eyes the day was new and anything was possible."

"Let us see our life through the lens of our love,we will find that life is amazing and magical."

"To a fireman, wind is a curse. To a sailor, wind is a blessing."

"Polish the Gold. Be an optimist; look for the best in others, the best in situations, and focus on what is working rather than what is not. It's golden!"

"This thing that troubles you is only one small part of your life. Don't allow it to be all-consuming when there's so much more to embrace."
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"We are all flawed and creatures of our times. Is it fair to judge us by the unknown standards of the future?"

"You squeeze the eyedropper, and a drop of pond water drips out onto the microscope stage. You look at the projected image. The drop is full of life - strange beings swimming, crawling, tumbling; high dramas of pursuit and escape, triumph and tragedy. This is a world populated by beings far more exotic than in any science fiction movie..."

"Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense."

"The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true."

"Once we lose our fear of being tiny, we find ourselves on the threshold of a vast and awesome Universe which dwarfs -- in time, in space, and in potential -- the tidy anthropocentric proscenium of our ancestors."

"Whatever the reason we first mustered the _Apollo_ program, however mired it was in Cold War nationalism and the instruments of death, the inescapable recognition of the unity and fragility of the Earth is its clear and luminous dividend, the unexpected final gift of _Apollo_. What began in deadly competition has helped us to see that global cooperation is the essential precondition for our survival.Travel is broadening. It's time to hit the road again."

"Those who make uncritical observations or fraudulent claims lead us into error and deflect us from the major human goal of understanding how the world works. It is for this reason that playing fast and loose with the truth is a very serious matter."

"Sometimes she would be engaged in a laboratory exercise or a seminar when the instructor would say, "Gentlemen, let's proceed," and sensing Ellie's frown would add, "Sorry, Miss Arroway, but I think of you as one of the boys." The highest compliment they were capable of paying was that in their minds she was not overtly female."
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