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• It must be born in mind that one does not see directly - as is the case in the exploration of the surface of the brain - where the electrodes are attacking.

  Walter Rudolf Hess

  Brain, Mind, Doe

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• I'm attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them, then I think it becomes identifiable.

  Leonard Nimoy

  Thinking, Matter, Stamps

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music.

  John Coltrane

  Thinking, Bird, Musical

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  This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

  Neil Armstrong

  Motivational, Positive, Moon

  In New York Times 31 July 1969, p. 20

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• The exploration of oneself is usually also an exploration of the world at large, of other writers, a process of comparison with oneself with others, discoveries of kinships, gradual illumination of one's own potentialities.

  Colin Wilson

  Discovery, Illumination, World

  "The Outsider". Book by Colin Wilson, p. 231, 1956.

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• As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.

  Laura Nyro

  Beautiful, Simplicity, Way

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• At a time when we are dealing with unpredictable suppliers of energy abroad and higher gas costs at home, the decision to increase domestic energy exploration is integral to a balanced, common sense energy policy.

  Randy Neugebauer

  Home, Common Sense, Decision

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• We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA.

  James Lovelock

  Space, Looks, Earth

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• We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements.

  Alfred de Vigny

  Age, Movement, Source

  Alfred de Vigny (1840). “Cinq Mars (Complete)”, p.3, Library of Alexandria

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• The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Country, Moon, Use

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1967). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966”, p.487, Best Books on

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• I think there's room for both private exploration and group work in Yoga.

  Sting

  Yoga, Thinking, Groups

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• My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don't talk about heat as an ingredient, I don't quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes.

  Alton Brown

  Book, Cooking, Ingredients

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• Space exploration and experimentation are critically valuable to our nation. I know of no better way to honor those seven who sacrificed their lives than to recommit ourselves to defend and enhance America's important strategies in space.

  Rob Bishop

  America, Space, Honor

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• I could do exploration in this particular career field, and it was a goal that, even if I didn't reach it, it was so high it seemed almost impossible, but even if I didn't reach it, I would still have a good time and a very satisfying career.

  Duane G. Carey

  Careers, Goal, Fields

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• And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that I had never been to before and learning, you know, meeting the people and getting to know, new sights and sounds, etc.

  Duane G. Carey

  Selfish, Sight, Views

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• I think space exploration is very important. I think there is very intelligent life on Mars. I believe that Martians are spying on us from the bottom of the ocean.

  Annabella Sciorra

  Believe, Ocean, Intelligent

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• I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I love both the idea of home as in being with my family and friends, and also the idea of exploration. I think those two are probably my great interests.

  Yo-Yo Ma

  Home, Thinking, Shopping

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• But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask; why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?

  John F. Kennedy

  Moon, Texas, Years

  Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Program, delivered 12 September 1962, Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas

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• Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised.

  Apsley Cherry-Garrard

  Time, Way, Antarctica

  Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1937). “The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913”, p.5, Library of Alexandria

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• All that is happening in art is part of a process of exploration and discovery. I hope to live for a few more years so that I can catch glimpses of the oncoming future.

  Joseph Plaskett

  Art, Discovery, Years

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• Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Country, Heart, Rich Countries

  "Message to the Public," Times (London), 11 Feb. 1913

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• All art is a kind of exploring. To discover and reveal is the way every artist sets about his business.

  Robert J. Flaherty

  Art, Way, Kind

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• There are so many benefits to be derived from space exploration and exploitation; why not take what seems to me the only chance of escaping what is otherwise the sure destruction of all that humanity has struggled to achieve for 50,000 years?

  Isaac Asimov

  Moon, Space, Escaping

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• I am fine, though it is hard to think of what kind of work to make at this point, other than decorative, escapist or abstract. I suppose I'll explore one or all of these things.

  Cindy Sherman

  Thinking, Kind, Abstract

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• What fiction could match - in drama or suspense - man's first walk on the Moon?

  Leonard Nimoy

  Drama, Moon, Men

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