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“It was a texture. The blackness was so intense.”

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Charles Duke, born on October 3, 1935, is an accomplished American test pilot. During his tenure with NASA, he participated in the Apollo program and became the second human to walk on the moon. more

“Never in all their history have men been able truly to conceive of the world as one: a single sphere, a globe, having the qualities of a globe, a round earth in which all the directions eventually meet, in which there is no center because every point, or none, is center - an equal earth which all men occupy as equals. The airman's earth, if free men make it, will be truly round: a globe in practice, not in theory.”

Ifs Men World Able Earth Space Quality Practice Theory Equal Rounds Spheres Globes Free Man Airmen Round Earth

Author:Archibald MacLeish

“Now I know why I'm here. Not for a closer look at the moon, but to look back at our home, the Earth.”

Knows Looks Home Earth Space Moon Earth Day Beautiful Earth Earth And Sky

Author:Alfred Worden

“The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it.”

Ifs World Would Be Earth Peasants Duchess

Book:Everybody's Autobiography

Source: Everybody's Autobiography

“...and I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the great gifts of both Earth and Heaven.”

Ifs Way Earth Heaven Causes Wonder Folly Great Gifts

Book:Jolie Blon's Bounce: A Novel

Source: Jolie Blon's Bounce: A Novel

“...seen from above, landscapes are made up of mountains and watercourses. Just as a transparent model of the human body consists of a framework of bone and a network of arteries, the earth's crust is structured in mountain ridges, river, creeks, and gullies.”

Humans Made Body Earth Mountain Models Rivers Bones Landscape Human Body Framework Transparent Creeks Arteries Ridges

Author:Reinhold Messner

“The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.”

Ifs Hope Tomorrow Passed Away

Author:William Cowper

“Earth is the holiest place in the Universe, loving the earth, and loving life is the way to generate positive vibrations.”

Way Earth Life Is Universe Vibrations Loving Life Positive Vibrations

Book:World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird

Source: World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird

“Few of us are aware that the act of eating can be a powerful statement of commitment to our own well-being, and at the same time the creation of a healthier habitat. Your health, happiness, and the future of life on earth are rarely so much in your own hands as when you sit down to eat.”

Wells Hands Earth Powerful Creation Eating Commitment Statements Well Being Habitat

Author:John Robbins

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