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Seth Shostak has 67 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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There is little chance that aliens from two societies anywhere in the Galaxy will be culturally close enough to really 'get along.'…
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There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ... If the…
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The search for extra-terrestrial life is a failure until that moment when it suddenly becomes a success.
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[O]ne might ask why, in a galaxy of a few hundred billion stars, the aliens are so intent on coming to Earth…
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The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven't even talked about…
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In the 19th century, if you had a basement lab, you could make major scientific discoveries in your own home. Right? Because…
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The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining the same overall appearance for thousands…
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Faith is a personal matter, and should never be a cudgel to stifle inquiry. We tried that approach about 1,200 years ago.…
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The ideas of science germinate in a matrix of established knowledge gained by experiment; they are not lonesome thoughts, born in a…
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A century ago, scientists believed there was only one obvious stomping ground for alien biology in our solar system: Mars. Because it…
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Everything you see is filtered through your visual system (imperfect) and your brain (also imperfect, despite what your mom told you). Witness…
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Give consideration to the fact that alien astronomers could have scrutinized Earth for more than 4 billion years without detecting any radio…
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As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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When you make something, cleaning it out of structural debris is one of the most vital things you do.
— Christopher Alexander
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Life often seems like a long shipwreck of which the debris are friendship, glory, and love. - The shores of existence are…
— Madame de Stael
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Let us look for secret things somewhere in the world on the blue shore of silence or where the storm has passed…
— Pablo Neruda
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[Man] ... his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs are but the outcome of accidental collocations…
— Bertrand Russell
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All the parties of capitalist society, all its moralists and all its sycophants will perish beneath the debris of the impending catastrophe.…
— Leon Trotsky
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Don't get hung up on a snag in the stream, my dear. Snags alone are not so dangerous-it's the debris that clings…
— Anne Monroe
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Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in…
— Lahiri Mahasaya
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The biggest challenge has been simulating a tornado with wind machines and dirt and debris. Right when you walk on the set,…
— Mark-Paul Gosselaar
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Our modern industrial economy takes a mountain covered with trees, lakes, running streams and transforms it into a mountain of junk, garbage,…
— Edward Abbey
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The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep…
— George H. W. Bush
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Kurt Cobain was, ladies and gentleman, I just--he was a worthless shred of human debris...
— Rush Limbaugh
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