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" A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away. "
Gene Roddenberry
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" It is important to the typical 'Star Trek' fan that there is a tomorrow. They pretty much share the 'Star Trek' philosophies about life: the fact that it is wrong to interfere in the evolvement of other peoples, that to be different is not necessarily to be wrong or ugly. "
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" I remember myself as an asthmatic child, having great difficulties at 7, 8 and 9 years old, falling totally in love with 'Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle' and dreaming of having his strength to leap into trees and throw mighty lions to the ground. "
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" The human race is a remarkable creature, one with great potential, and I hope that 'Star Trek' has helped to show us what we can be if we believe in ourselves and our abilities. "
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" I'd been an Army bomber pilot and fascinated by the Navy and, particularly, the story of the Enterprise, which at Midway really turned the tide in the whole war in our favor. I'd always been proud of that ship and wanted to use the name. "
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" Earth is the nest, the cradle, and we'll move out of it. "
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" Time is the fire in which we burn. "
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" These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission... to boldly go where no man has gone before. "
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" When you get into an airplane by yourself and take off, you find yourself in this lovely, three-dimensional world where you can go in any direction. There is no feeling any more exciting than that. "
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" The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. "
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" No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids - human beings built them, because they're clever and they work hard. "
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