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Letter "A" » another planet
«It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but to create him.»
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
(Writer)
| About:
God,
Religion,
World
| Keywords:
another planet, planet, role, worship
«I actually don't meet very many men because they are, I guess, afraid to approach me or think that I'm from another planet.»
«I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.»
Author: Jack London
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«Maybe this world is another planet's Hell.»
Author: Aldous Huxley
(Critic, Novelist)
| About:
World
| Keywords:
another planet, hell, maybe, our planet, planet
«It is known that there are an infinte number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely products of a deranged imagination.»
Author: Douglas Adams
(Writer)
| Keywords:
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«I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of a miracle.»
Author: Martha Graham
(Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher)
| About:
Action,
Miracles
| Keywords:
another planet, dancer, exotic, imitated, phenomenon, wave
«If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
another planet, different, event, feeling, our planet, planet, reside, resided, residing, system, worrying
«Oh man! There is no planet sun or star could hold you, if you but knew what you are.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
another planet, knew, our planet, planet, star, sun
«I've often wondered, what if all of us in the world discovered that we were threatened by a greater power from outer space from another planet -- wouldn't we all of a sudden find that we didn't have any differences between us at all?»
Author: Ronald Reagan
(President)
| Keywords:
all of a sudden, All of Us, another planet, differences, discovered, of a sudden, outer, outer space, planet, space, sudden, threatened, wondered
«I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another planet. [We'd] find out once and for all that we really are all human beings here on this earth together.»
Author: Ronald Reagan
(President)
| Keywords:
another planet, Gorbachev, meetings, Mr Gorbachev, once and for all, planet, planet Earth, suddenly, threat
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