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It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.


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Truth and beauty can still win battles. We need more art, more passion, more wit in defense of the Earth.



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Sometimes luck is with you, and sometimes not, but the important thing is to take the dare. Those who climb mountains or raft rivers understand this.



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We are no longer inheriting the Earth from our parents, we are stealing it from our children.



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Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right now somewhere in the Pacific. It's supposed to be bubbling away on the moon, but it's in the Pacific Ocean instead.

Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right now somewhere in the Pacific. It's supposed to be bubbling away on the moon, but it's in the Pacific Ocean instead.



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Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place.





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