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James Taylor Singer-Songwriter
Moon

"Synchronized with the rising moon Even with the evening star They were true love written in stone They were never alone, they were never that far apart"

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
Moon

"War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
Moon

"I do not know what we should do without the pulpit. We could better spare the sun-the moon, anyway."

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Jane Goodall Primatologist, Ethologist, Anthropologist
Moon

"Our brain is almost the same as the chimps', but we have language, we have electronic communications, we've put people on the moon - we are immensely more intelligent. And yet: how come the being with the most extraordinary intellect ever is destroying its only planet?"

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Jerry Brown Politician
Moon

"The shuttle tomorrow is truly like laying the last spike on the transcontinental railroad, only much more so. And whether or not we're going to see in in the next 10 or 20 years, there are people alive today who will see manufacturing in space from moon materials or from asteroids."

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John Green Author, YouTuber
Moon

"You're amazing, and I so want to be your boyfriend, because of what you just said, and also because that shirt makes me want to take you home and do unspeakable things while we watch live-action Sailor Moon videos"

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Jonathan Swift Satirist, Writer
Moon

"I am convinced that if the virtuosi could once find out a world in the moon, with a passage to it, our women would wear nothing but what directly came from thence."

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Jonathan Swift Satirist, Writer
Moon

"I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards the Tartar: Then the half, and then the whole, Ever dancing round the pole."

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Jorge Luis Borges Writer, Poet
Moon

"Do you want to see what human eyes have never seen? Look at the moon. Do you want to hear what ears have never heard? Listen to the bird's cry. Do you want to touch what hands have never touched? Touch the earth. Verily I say that God is about to create the world."

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Jules Verne Novelist, Playwright
Moon

"The distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle, and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are over one-half of our earth will have paid a visit to the moon."

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Martha Wells Author
Moon

"Flower lifted a brow, dubious. 'You have to pay for a place to be dead in?' Moon shrugged. 'Sometimes, in cities. It’s a groundling thing."

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Homer Poet
Moon

"I'm like that guy who single-handedly built the rocket and flew to the moon. What was his name? Apollo Creed?"

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader
Moon

"Without denying the value of scientific endeavor, there is a striking absurdity in committing billions to reach the moon where no people live, while only a fraction of that amount is appropriated to service the densely populated slums."

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Moon

"When When it’s over, it’s over, and we don’t know any of us, what happens then. So I try not to miss anything. I think, in my whole life, I have never missed The full moon or the slipper of its coming back. Or, a kiss. Well, yes, especially a kiss."

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