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“We humans appear on the cosmic calendar so recently that our recorded history occupies only the last few seconds of the last minute of December 31st.” quote by Carl Sagan — Download Open image

“We humans appear on the cosmic calendar so recently that our recorded history occupies only the last few seconds of the last minute of December 31st.”

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I've never been one of those who wanted to fill my calendar up 90 percent of the time.

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