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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."

"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

Earth, Israel, Resolution, Vote

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"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes."

"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English Poet

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"And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears."

"And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears."

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American Writer

Earth, Smile, Tears, Worth

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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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"I was not put on this earth to listen to meat!"

"I was not put on this earth to listen to meat!"

Dana Snyder, American Actor

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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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"Go now, verses, on your light feet, you have not trodden hard on the old earth where the graves laugh when they see their guests, the one corpse stacked on top of the other. Go now and stagger to her whom I do not know."

"Go now, verses, on your light feet, you have not trodden hard on the old earth where the graves laugh when they see their guests, the one corpse stacked on top of the other. Go now and stagger to her whom I do not know."

Hugo Claus, Belgian Novelist

Earth, Feet, Guests, Light

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"Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth."

"Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth."

Edward Dahlberg, American Novelist

Earth, Literature

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"We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap."

"We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever."

"No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever."

Thomas Malthus, English Economist

Earth, Limits, May

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"I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet."

"I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Earth, Independence, Living, Security

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"Who promised you that only for joy were you brought to this earth?"

"Who promised you that only for joy were you brought to this earth?"

Anna Freud, Austrian Psychologist

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

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

Li Po, Chinese Poet

Earth, Flies, Heaven, Sorrow

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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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"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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"The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition."

"The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition."

Hannah Arendt, German Historian

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"I demonstrate by means of philosophy that the earth is round, and is inhabited on all sides; that it is insignificantly small, and is borne through the stars."

"I demonstrate by means of philosophy that the earth is round, and is inhabited on all sides; that it is insignificantly small, and is borne through the stars."

Johannes Kepler, German Scientist

Earth, Philosophy, Stars

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"When many astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah."

"When many astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah."

Cat Stevens, British Musician

Earth, Religious, Space

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"The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord."

"The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord."

Barry Cornwall, English Poet

Earth, Tongue, Woman

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"The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth."

"The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Earth, Faces, Fortune, Heaven

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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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"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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"It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If you aren't really hooked on your instrument this job would be a hell on earth but if you are, it's the best."

"It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If you aren't really hooked on your instrument this job would be a hell on earth but if you are, it's the best."

Leo Kottke, American Musician

Earth, Hell, Job

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"The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven."

"The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven."

Jean Paul, German Author

Earth, Heaven, Laws

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"Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again."

"Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again."

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French Photographer

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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."

"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."

James Lovelock, English Scientist

Earth, Space, Sun, Will

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"Less than an hour before he'd congratulated himself on escaping all the traps of Earth, all the snares of Man. Not knowing that the greatest trap of all, the final and the fatal trap, lay on this present planet."

"Less than an hour before he'd congratulated himself on escaping all the traps of Earth, all the snares of Man. Not knowing that the greatest trap of all, the final and the fatal trap, lay on this present planet."

Clifford D. Simak, American Writer

Earth, Man, Present

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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."

"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

Earth, Living, Moon, Race

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"Each person has their own calling on this Earth."

"Each person has their own calling on this Earth."

Billy Ray Cyrus, American Musician

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"Who on earth can feel any respect for a girl who chases?"

"Who on earth can feel any respect for a girl who chases?"

Joan Leslie, American Actress

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"Do no dishonour to the earth least you dishonour the spirit of man."

"Do no dishonour to the earth least you dishonour the spirit of man."

Henry Beston, American Writer

Earth, Man, Spirit

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"We are so much the victims of abstraction that with the Earth in flames we can barely rouse ourselves to wander across the room and look at the thermostat."

"We are so much the victims of abstraction that with the Earth in flames we can barely rouse ourselves to wander across the room and look at the thermostat."

Terence McKenna, American Writer

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"Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the globe."

"Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the globe."

Georges Cuvier, French Scientist

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"It is the same to me, whether I rot in the air or in the ground. The earth is the Lord's."

"It is the same to me, whether I rot in the air or in the ground. The earth is the Lord's."

Andrew Melville, Scottish Theologian

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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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"O earth, what changes hast thou seen!"

"O earth, what changes hast thou seen!"

Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet

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"I was probably the best that ever walked this earth. And I could take a punch. I could deliver a punch. I didn't have the hardest punch in the world but my punches were sharp and they were crisp. And if you took too many of them, you would be knocked out."

"I was probably the best that ever walked this earth. And I could take a punch. I could deliver a punch. I didn't have the hardest punch in the world but my punches were sharp and they were crisp. And if you took too many of them, you would be knocked out."

Larry Holmes, American Athlete

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"Once I leave this earth, I know I've done something that will continue to help others."

"Once I leave this earth, I know I've done something that will continue to help others."

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American Athlete

Earth, Help, Will

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"Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a newborn child?"

"Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a newborn child?"

Dorothy L. Nolte, American Author

Earth, Joy, Suffering

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"The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth."

"The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth."

Stefan Zweig, Austrian Writer

Earth, Party, Spirit, Will

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"A man is as old as his arteries and his interests. If he permits his economic, religious, or social arteries to harden, or loses interest in whatever concerns mankind... he will need only six feet of earth."

"A man is as old as his arteries and his interests. If he permits his economic, religious, or social arteries to harden, or loses interest in whatever concerns mankind... he will need only six feet of earth."

Josephus Daniels, American Politician

Earth, Feet, Interest, Man

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"I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it."

"I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it."

George Sand, French Novelist

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"The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat."

"The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat."

Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canadian Explorer

Earth, Today, World

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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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"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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"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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"It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth."

"It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth."

Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch Mathematician

Earth, Mathematicians, Physics

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"In a sense, each of us is an island. In another sense, however, we are all one. For though islands appear separate, and may even be situated at great distances from one another, they are only extrusions of the same planet, Earth."

"In a sense, each of us is an island. In another sense, however, we are all one. For though islands appear separate, and may even be situated at great distances from one another, they are only extrusions of the same planet, Earth."

J. Donald Walters, American Author

Earth, Islands, May, Sense

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"The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived."

"The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived."

Bernard De Voto, American Writer

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