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“If we die we want people to accept it. We are in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us, it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life. Our God-given curiosity will force us to go there ourselves because in the final analysis, only man can fully evaluate the moon in terms understandable to other men.”

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"Most Canadians, if they don't show up for work, they don't get a promotion. … You missed 70 per cent of the votes."

— Jack Layton

Politics1950–2011

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"I was shamed into it by my son, Bill, who came to me in 1960 -- he was 14 then -- and said: "Mother, you've been professing that you're an atheist for a long time now. Well, I don't believe in God eit…"

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Politics1919–1995

#family

"The Internet is an American creation and it is now being used by an enemy of America. I would like to ask someone at the FBI why are they not able to catch Al Qaeda when they upload a message?"

— Samir Khader

Mathematics

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"I watched the living soldiers pass by the dead at the roadside without a glance, and the dead scarcely looked human. They resembled wax mannequins thrown from a show window, lying about in grotesque, …"

— Larry LeSueur

Journalism1909–2003

#life