"The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

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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."

Joan D. Vinge, American Author

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"If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions."

Abba Eban, Israeli Diplomat

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"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle."

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

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"Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice."

Black Elk, American Leader

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"I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth."

Neil Armstrong, American Astronaut

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"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth."

Stendhal, French Writer

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"Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth."

Shirley Chisholm, American Politician

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"Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves."

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

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"One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up."

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"It is such a secret place, the land of tears."

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"A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them."

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"People where you live," the little prince said, "grow five thousand roses in one garden... yet they don't find what they're looking for...They don't find it," I answered.And yet what they're looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water..."Of course," I answered.And the little prince added, "But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart."

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"Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are."

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"I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime."

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"When you give yourself, you receive more than you give."

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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."

"If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions."

"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."

"The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle."

"Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice."

"I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth."

"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."

"The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth."

"Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth."

"Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves."

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"A goal without a plan is just a wish."

"War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus."

"There is no hope or joy except in human relations."

"One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up."

"It is such a secret place, the land of tears."

"A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them."

"Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are."

"I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime."

"When you give yourself, you receive more than you give."