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"Not only the style, but the way in which you don't exactly know what on earth has happened or is happening till about page two hundred - then it all becomes apparent in a blinding flash."

"Not only the style, but the way in which you don't exactly know what on earth has happened or is happening till about page two hundred - then it all becomes apparent in a blinding flash."

Nicholas Mosley, British Novelist

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"Earth is a flower and it's pollinating."

"Earth is a flower and it's pollinating."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

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"You know, if you hang around this earth long enough you really see how things come full circle."

"You know, if you hang around this earth long enough you really see how things come full circle."

Patti Davis, American Celebrity

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"But the Jews will also be believers, so you can say that all the saints, both gentiles and Jews, will go into the millennial kingdom and populate the earth."

"But the Jews will also be believers, so you can say that all the saints, both gentiles and Jews, will go into the millennial kingdom and populate the earth."

Tim LaHaye, American Clergyman

Earth, Saints, Will

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"You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth."

"You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth."

John Lennon, English Musician

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"Today the eyes of orthodox Jews of earth are fixed upon Palestine."

"Today the eyes of orthodox Jews of earth are fixed upon Palestine."

Joseph Rutherford, American Clergyman

Earth, Eyes, Palestine, Today

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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."

"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

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"Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived."

"Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived."

Sidney Sheldon, American Novelist

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"Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds."

"Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds."

Christian Nestell Bovee, American Author

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"The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth."

"The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth."

Edward Steichen, American Photographer

Earth, Man, Mission, Photography

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"If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth."

"If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth."

Alan Patrick Herbert, British Novelist

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"If the Earth could be made to rotate twice as fast, managers would get twice as much done. If the Earth could be made to rotate twenty times as fast, everyone else would get twice as much done since all the managers would fly off."

"If the Earth could be made to rotate twice as fast, managers would get twice as much done. If the Earth could be made to rotate twenty times as fast, everyone else would get twice as much done since all the managers would fly off."

Norman Ralph Augustine, American Author

Earth, Managers

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"The longer one is alone, the easier it is to hear the song of the earth."

"The longer one is alone, the easier it is to hear the song of the earth."

Robert Anton Wilson, American Writer

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"I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth."

"I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth."

Ray Liotta, American Actor

Earth, Opera, Years

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"There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew."

"There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew."

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Sociologist

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"With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above, and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland."

"With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above, and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland."

Tycho Brahe, Danish Scientist

Earth, Man, Mind, Sky

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"That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb."

"That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb."

Kathy Mattea, American Musician

Earth, Joy, Living, Pain

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"The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?"

"The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?"

Jules Verne, French Author

Earth, Future, Months, Now

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"You don't live on the Earth you want, you live on the Earth you have."

"You don't live on the Earth you want, you live on the Earth you have."

Jeff Rich, American Explorer

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"It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London."

"It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London."

Thomas de Quincey, English Author

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"Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal."

"Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal."

Thomas More, English Author

Earth, Heaven, Sorrow

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"The earth is yet the place of the domicile of man and all the offspring of the first man."

"The earth is yet the place of the domicile of man and all the offspring of the first man."

Joseph Rutherford, American Clergyman

Earth, First, Man

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"O earth, what changes hast thou seen!"

"O earth, what changes hast thou seen!"

Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet

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"There are no more new worlds. The unoccupied arable lands of the earth are limited, and will soon be taken."

"There are no more new worlds. The unoccupied arable lands of the earth are limited, and will soon be taken."

Josiah Strong, American Clergyman

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"We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody."

"We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

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"This is Earth. Isn't it hot?"

"This is Earth. Isn't it hot?"

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

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"And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock."

"And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock."

George Chapman, English Poet

Earth, Walking, Will

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"Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty."

"Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty."

Samuel Adams, American Revolutionary

Earth, Liberty, Mankind, Religious

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"It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it."

"It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

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"I guess when Rick is finished with his Journey to the Centre of the Earth, then we might have a go at something. We'd like to, we're open to it, and we've been talking about it."

"I guess when Rick is finished with his Journey to the Centre of the Earth, then we might have a go at something. We'd like to, we're open to it, and we've been talking about it."

Keith Emerson, British Musician

Earth, Journey, Open, Talking

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"In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself."

"In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself."

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian Philosopher

Earth, Key, Lies, Open

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"There is more He-3 energy on the Moon than we have ever had in the form of fossil fuels on Earth. All we have to do is to go there and get it."

"There is more He-3 energy on the Moon than we have ever had in the form of fossil fuels on Earth. All we have to do is to go there and get it."

Wilson Greatbatch, American Inventor

Earth, Energy, Moon

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"The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual."

"The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

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"The easiest thing to do on earth is not write."

"The easiest thing to do on earth is not write."

William Goldman, American Novelist

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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."

"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

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"Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and planting those of the earth."

"Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and planting those of the earth."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

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"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."

"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Earth, Feet, Forget, Hair

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"No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?"

"No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?"

C. Day Lewis, English Poet

Earth, May, Self

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"And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, while the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves."

"And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, while the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves."

Robert Treat Paine, American Politician

Earth, Sea, Sons

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"I'm Creole, and I'm down to earth."

"I'm Creole, and I'm down to earth."

Boozoo Chavis, American Musician

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"The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized."

"The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized."

Malcolm Muggeridge, British Journalist

Earth, Heaven, Trouble

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"We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites."

"We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites."

Martin H. Fischer, American Physician

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"On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it."

"On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it."

Jules Renard, French Dramatist

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"When it passes towards the east, the sun begins to have less effect upon it, and a thin line on the edge of its bright side emits its splendour towards the earth."

"When it passes towards the east, the sun begins to have less effect upon it, and a thin line on the edge of its bright side emits its splendour towards the earth."

Marcus V. Pollio, American Architect

Earth, Effect, Sun

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"To see you naked is to recall the Earth."

"To see you naked is to recall the Earth."

Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish Poet

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"If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will never forsake you!"

"If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will never forsake you!"

Matthew Simpson, American Clergyman

Earth, Joy, May, Will

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"I'll never forget anything about Middle Earth. That's part of my memory now so I won't miss anything."

"I'll never forget anything about Middle Earth. That's part of my memory now so I won't miss anything."

David Wenham, Australian Actor

Earth, Forget, Memory, Now

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"It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead."

"It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

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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."

"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."

Claude Nicollier, American Astronaut

Earth, Space, Will

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"Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space."

"Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space."

Walter Lang, American Director

Earth, Evolution, Scripture, Space

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