#mars

A duck's nest was found today near the trail on the dry open prairie with as far as could be seen no water or marsh near. The bird flew off but could not tell what species. The eggs nine originally. ↗

— George Mercer Dawson

#bird #could #dry #duck #eggs

I feel for Veronica Mars so much when I'm watching at home. It is a wonderful story. The writing is consistently funny, biting, charming, heart-wrenching, etc. I also like the look of it. The cinematography - different from any other show. ↗

— Jason Dohring

#any #biting #charming #cinematography #consistently

Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#act #authorization #barriers #breaking #congress

President Bush's proposal to focus our resources on sending humans to Mars is intriguing, but it is not the most compelling reason that Americans ought to focus our interest on the Red Planet. ↗

— Jay Inslee

#compelling #focus #humans #interest #intriguing

Now, the downside to conservation is that so much is done for the public, which almost always mars the environment that one wanted to conserve. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#always #conservation #conserve #done #downside

The things that really shake the human soul aren't beauty or kindness. Although such things are certainly moving, but those feelings don't last long. But... anger or sadness are different. They leave an undelible mark. Even after the wound heals... you can never forget the pain completely. ↗

— Fuyumi Soryo

#feelings #mars #pain #soryo #anger

When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#became #lawyer #marshall #particularly #race

Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done. ↗

— Elon Musk

#done #half #land #mars #million

I don't go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon; we've already practiced. ↗

— Wally Schirra

#already #been #build #earth #first

She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out. ↗

— Fay Wray

#been #bother #chief #chief justice #did