Samuel Johnson

"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."

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Richard M. Nixon

"The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire."

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Henry Ford

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."

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Hubble Peers into the Most Crowded Place in the Milky Way

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image presents the Arches Cluster, the densest known star cluster in the Milky Way. via NASA http://ift.tt/1FHM6qV

John F. Kennedy

"We must use time as a tool, not as a couch."

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Parachute Testing for NASA's InSight Mission

This parachute testing for NASA's InSight mission to Mars was conducted inside the world's largest wind tunnel, at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, in February 2015. via NASA http://ift.tt/1dzEQnH

Frederick William Faber

"The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder."

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View From an F-15D

NASA pilot Jim Less and photographer Jim Ross pull their F-15D #897 aircraft away from a KC-135 refueling tanker. NASA is supporting the Edwards Air Force Base F-15 program with safety and photo chase expertise. via NASA http://ift.tt/1AtUvPM

John Dryden

"Words are but pictures of our thoughts."

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Europa's Jupiter-Facing Hemisphere

This 12-frame mosaic provides the highest resolution view ever obtained of the side of Jupiter's moon Europa that faces the giant planet. It was obtained on Nov. 25, 1999 by the camera onboard the Galileo spacecraft, a past NASA mission to Jupiter and its moons which ended in 2003. via NASA http://ift.tt/1dv2LVx

Jose Ortega y Gasset

"Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do."

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Leonardo da Vinci

"Who sows virtue reaps honor."

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Helen Keller

"So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good."

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Robert Green Ingersoll

"The more liberty you give away the more you will have."

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Coronal Loops Over a Sunspot Group

The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory images the solar atmosphere in multiple wavelengths to link changes in the surface to interior changes. When AIA images are sharpened a bit, such as this AIA 171Å channel image, the magnetic field can be readily visualized through the bright, thin strands that ar via NASA http://ift.tt/1Q1m9oI

Herbert Spencer

"Every cause produces more than one effect."

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SpinSat Investigation Tests New Technology, Returns Data

Equipment and data from the SpinSat investigation returns to Earth today, May 21, 2015, with splashdown of the sixth SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. This Nov. 28, 2014 photograph by NASA astronaut Terry Virts captures the predeploy of SpinSat, which was launched into orbit from the station. via NASA http://ift.tt/1KmpTCL

Henry Miller

"Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such."

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The Advance of Hubbard Glacier

This image, acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, shows Hubbard Glacier on July 22, 2014. via NASA http://ift.tt/1FvZ9wP

Yogi Berra

"If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else."

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Journey to Space in a Vacuum Chamber

Supporting the testing of electric propulsion and power systems, VF-5 has the highest pumping speed of any electric propulsion test facility in the world. via NASA http://ift.tt/1S6QzK1

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The first wealth is health."

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Mount St. Helens at 35

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens gave way to a cataclysmic flank collapse, avalanche, and explosion that killed 57 people and displaced many others. The event dramatically reshaped the volcano and surrounding land in southwest Washington. via NASA http://ift.tt/1df1mlF

Herbert Read

"A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them."

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Ingrid Bergman

"Be yourself. The world worships the original."

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Henry David Thoreau

"Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something."

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Astronauts at Work on the International Space Station

NASA astronauts Scott Kelly (left) and Terry Virts (right) work on a Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) inside the station's Japanese Experiment Module. via NASA http://ift.tt/1RPB752

Napoleon Bonaparte

"One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent."

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Green Aviation Project Tests Shape Changing Wing Flaps

A NASA F-15D flies chase for the G-III Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) project. The ACTE experimental flight research project is a joint effort between NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to determine if advanced flexible trailing-edge wing flaps can both improve aircraft aerodynamic efficiency and reduce airport-area noise. via NASA http://ift.tt/1AZlddP

Louisa May Alcott

"It takes two flints to make a fire."

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May 13, 1992, Record-Setting Spacewalk on Shuttle Endeavour's First Mission

On May 13, 1992, following the successful capture of the Intelsat VI satellite, three astronauts continue moving the 4.5 ton communications satellite into the space shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay. The sections of Earth which form the backdrop for the scene are blanketed with thousands of square miles of clouds. via NASA http://ift.tt/1F7sPi5

Joseph Addison

"There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice."

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Early Morning Sunrise Over the Grand Canyon

From the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Terry Virts took this photograph of an early morning sunrise over the Grand Canyon and posted it to social media on May 10, 2015. Because the station completes each trip around the globe in about 92 minutes, the crew experiences 16 sunrises and sunsets each day. via NASA http://ift.tt/1K4phBN

Luc de Clapiers

"Patience is the art of hoping."

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Serene Saturn

From a distance Saturn seems to exude an aura of serenity and peace. via NASA http://ift.tt/1E23G4D

J. D. Salinger

"How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?"

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Victor Hugo

"A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: @JJ_Enragement_C Youtube partnership

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Mother Teresa

"We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do."

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Cloudy Earth

Earth’s cloudy nature is unmistakable in this global cloud fraction map, based on data collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite. This version of the map shows an average of all of the satellite’s cloud observations between July 2002 and April 2015. via NASA http://ift.tt/1cfuCI7

Heraclitus

"The way up and the way down are one and the same."

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Engineers Clean Mirror with Carbon Dioxide Snow

Engineers are using carbon dioxide snow to clean James Webb Space Telescope's mirrors without scratching them. via NASA http://ift.tt/1EkcF1x

Catherine the Great

"I praise loudly. I blame softly."

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Solar Dynamics Observatory Sees 'Cinco de Mayo' Solar Flare

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured these images of a significant solar flare – as seen in the bright flash on the left – peaking at 6:11 p.m. EDT on May 5, 2015. Each image shows a different wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights a different temperature of material on the sun. via NASA http://ift.tt/1KLRniC

Publilius Syrus

"It is better to learn late than never."

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Pipe Dream on Animusic.

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Trajectory of Alan Shepard's Historic Flight

Fifty-four years ago on May 5, 1961 only 23 day after Yuri Gagarin of the then-Soviet Union became the first person in space, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard launched at 9:34 a.m. EDT aboard his Freedom 7 capsule powered by a Redstone booster to become the first American in space. His historic flight lasted 15 minutes, 28 seconds. via NASA http://ift.tt/1FMOPRm

W. Edwards Deming

"Quality is pride of workmanship."

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Anaconda [4:16]

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Sorry for anyone who gets rickrolled, but it's too good not to post.

May 04, 2015 at 10:57PM
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Mimas Stares Back

The great eye of Saturn's moon Mimas, a 130-kilometer-wide (80-mile) impact crater called Herschel, stares out from the battered moon. Several individual ringlets within the F ring are resolved here, and the small moon Atlas is also seen faintly outside the main rings. via NASA http://ift.tt/1E0rtTI

George Lucas

"You can't do it unless you can imagine it."

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This is the perfect way to describe it

May 03, 2015 at 11:43PM
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Because my alarm is an iPhone, sell it to someone for a ton of money.

May 03, 2015 at 11:34PM
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Emotional episodes are sometimes the best.

May 03, 2015 at 11:23PM
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Intelligence, I got a Spanish test tomorrow.

May 03, 2015 at 11:13PM
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