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What's aero braking? That's a way to use the gravity and upper atmosphere of Earth to sling shot a ship out either deeper into space, or slow it down to be 'captured' by Earth's gravity.

~Buzz Aldrin

Topics: Atmosphere Captured Deeper Down Earth Either Gravity Out Ship Shot Slow Space Upper Use Way

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Actors really are the scum of the earth. Their behavior makes overpaid rock stars look positively noble.

~Buzz Osborne

Topics: Actor Behavior Earth Look Makes Noble Overpaid Positively Really Rock Rock Stars Stars

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When you look at America and its diversity, it's not a coincidence it's the best country on earth. Subtract that diversity, and it wouldn't be the greatest nation.

~Byron Allen

Topics: America Best Coincidence Country Diversity Earth Greatest Look Nation Subtract You

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The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't.

~Byron Dorgan

Topics: Amend Basic Colleagues Constitution Democracy Earth Easy Find Framework Greatest Some U.s. Constitution

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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?

~C. Day Lewis

Topics: Claim Earth Expresses Good However Just May Pearl Poem Self-Expression Who Would Oyster

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Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Aim Earth Get Heaven Neither Thrown Will You

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Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Earth Elsewhere Escapes Human Human Race Iniquity Never Pray Race Spread

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To an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would no doubt be the large areas covered by oceanic water. The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.

~C. V. Raman

Topics: Appear Area Back Covered Doubt Earth Face Feature Globe Land Large Light Moon Most No Doubt Noticeable Observer Our Planets Shine Space Surface Water Would

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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water, we begin to realise that the molecular scattering of light in liquids may possess an astronomical significance, in fact contribute in an important degree to the observed albedo of the earth.

~C. V. Raman

Topics: Begin Consider Contribute Covered Degree Earth Fact Globe Important In Fact Light Liquid May Molecular Nearly Observed Possess Realise Significance Surface Three-Quarters Water

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No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins 'we the people', not 'us the government'.

~Cal Thomas

Topics: Begins Constitution Earth Government Greater Mind Our People Power Soul Than Us

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