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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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Al Gore has a hit movie called 'An Inconvenient Truth.' I have an inconvenient truth for him: you're still not the president.…
— Stephen Colbert
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Save the stonewall to build the levees.
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I don't know. Maybe we're all chaos theorists. Lovers of pattern and predictability, we're scared shitless of explosive change. But we're fascinated…
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Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and…
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I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. He was naturally distrustful of…
— Thomas Jefferson
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I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed…
— John Breaux
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And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure…
— Billy Tauzin
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There are so many angles to follow up: government incompetence, sophisticated charity scams, how insurance companies treat victims, construction of the levees,…
— Brian Ross
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Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they…
— Michael Eric Dyson
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It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break; the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their…
— Barack Obama
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Death and loss, they plague you. So do memories. Like the Mississippi's incessant slap against the levees, they creep up with deceptive…
— Karen White
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Loving relatives and home-cooked meals are solid levees against a recession.
— Rosecrans Baldwin
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