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"You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through."
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"Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing."

"You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through."
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"Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty."

"I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet."

"It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it."

"We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know."

"If the Earth could be made to rotate twice as fast, managers would get twice as much done. If the Earth could be made to rotate twenty times as fast, everyone else would get twice as much done since all the managers would fly off."

"Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters."

"What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat."
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