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"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small." »Neil Armstrong
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"A man's dreams are an index to his greatness." »Zadok Rabinwitz
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"I don't think I'm ever more 'aware' than I am right after I hit my thumb with a hammer." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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"If you don't find it in the index, look very carefully through the entire catalogue." »Unknown
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"Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales." »Byron J. Langenfeld
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"Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any living creature is What do you like Tell me what you like, I'll tell you what you are." »John Ruskin
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"All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes." »Cicero
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"Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents." »John W. Gardner
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"Because he did not have time to read every new book in his field, the great Polish anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski used a simple and efficient method of deciding which ones were worth his attention: Upon receiving a new book, he immediately checked the index to see if his name was cited, and how often. The more "Malinowski" the more compelling the book. No "Malinowski," and he doubted the subject of the book was anthropology at all." »Neil Postman
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"CHRIS The bane and blessing of human nature. That old cat killer, curiosity. Something so deeply embedded in our psyches that it screams to us from ancient myths of Pandora. Eve. Lot's wife. JOEL Eve lost paradise, Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt. Knowledge doesn't come cheap my friend. CHRIS Good or bad, curiosity is woven into our DNA like tonsils or like the opposable thumb. It's the fire under the ass of the human experience" »Jeffrey Vlaming
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