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"The view of Earth is spectacular."
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"The Next Generation Space Telescope, which will be located much further away from the Earth than the Hubble Space Telescope presently is, will also explore the infrared part of the spectrum."
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"When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it."
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"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."
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"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)."
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"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."
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"Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere."
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"The Earth's health is the only standard that is all-encompassing enough to overcome the ethnic, cultural, religious, and national tensions that are rending the world asunder. Only the Earth can become the central axis around which which world peace can be spun, for no religion is more compelling, no single nation larger, and no peoples older than the Earth itself. For that to happen, the collective human consciousness must expand enough so that our highest identification is as Earth-Humans."
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"I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth."
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"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."
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"But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth."
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"So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight."
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"NASA has to approve whatever we wear, so there are clothes to choose from, like space shorts - we wear those a lot - and NASA T-shirts."
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"Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle."
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"So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth."
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"For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds."
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"It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission."
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"I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college."
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"I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle."
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"Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space."
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"But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth."
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