

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Lady Windermere's Fan
― Lady Windermere's Fan

“One day might be different from another, but there ain't much difference when they're put together.”
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“The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!”
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“There had been a popular joke on Freedom, started by a man named Calder. Looking down from space, he had said, the dominant life forms on Earth were obviously the cereals and other grasses. They occupied all the most desirable and fertile land; and they had tamed insects and animals to care for them. In particular, they had domesticated the bipeds to nurture and cultivate them and to save and plant their seed. Now, watching the farmers, Alex could easily imagine that they were worshiping and genuflecting before their masters.”
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“الصورة التي تنطبع في ذهنك عن ذكر اسم تولكين هي صورة رجل عاكف على مكتبه بين ألاف المسودات والملحوظات يعيد كتابة ومسح ما كتبه من جديد، يضع كل تفصيلة في عالمه بحرص شديد، هو رجل أقرب للبناء الذي يبني صرح كبير بحذر وبمقاييس دقيقة، لا فنان مغامر يلوح بريشته على لوحة فارغه بدون أن يدرك ما النتيجة التي ستخرج بالنهاية.”
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