Michael Collins quotes
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“I really beleive that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of, let's say 100,000 miles, their outlook wouls be fundamentally changed . The all-important border would be invisible, that noisy arguement suddenly silenced. The tiny globe would continue to turn, serenely ignoring its subdivisions, presenting a unified facade that would cry out for unified understanding, for homogeneous treatment. The earth must become as it appears: blue and white, not capitalist or communist; blue and white,not rich or poor; blue and white, not envious or envied.”
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“I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.”
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“Q: What were you thinking when your colleagues were out there making cosmic history? A: I just kept reminding myself that every single component in this spacecraft was provided by the guy who submitted the cheapest tender.”
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“There is but one Earth, tiny and fragile, and one must get 100,000 miles away to appreciate fully one's good fortune in living on it.”
-- Michael CollinsSource : Michael Collins, Charles A. Lindbergh (2001). “Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey”, p.471, Rowman & Littlefield
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Source : Source: collider.com
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Source : A.P. Herbert (2014). “Mild And Bitter”, p.20, House of Stratus
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“The white sun like a moth on a string circles the southpole.”
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