There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

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How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.

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I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.

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Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.

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Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly.

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Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.

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What we need is a machine that will let us see the other guy’s point of view.

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Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

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It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him.

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The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

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