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If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans. Stephen Hawking

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But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. Carl Sagan

Clown Laughed Some Brothers Wright Wright Brothers Fact Columbus Imply Also Geniuses Does Were The Wright Brothers Who

If Congress can move President's Day, Columbus Day and, alas, Martin Luther King's Birthday celebration for the convenience of shoppers, shouldn't they at least consider moving Election Day for the convenience of voters? Andrew Young

Day Birthday Election King Congress President Consider Martin Martin Luther Columbus Voters Least Celebration Move Convenience Moving Election Day Alas Luther

The history taught in our schools is scandalous. We grew up believing that Columbus actually discovered America. We still celebrate Columbus Day. Columbus was after one thing only - gold. Woody Harrelson

Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale. Umberto Eco

History Events Thought Looking Christopher India Finding He Columbus Tale Because Discovered Australia America Happened Cook Full Captain Imaginary

Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America? Abraham Polonsky

Animal Nice Live Think Wild Wild Animal Side Our East East Side Would Charley Only He Picked Columbus Instead Like Learn Boy Years Years Ago Up Jungle America Move Wanted Place Profession Grow Twenty Grow Up

I've always had strong ties with Delhi, and I do stay in touch with my friends and periodically visit the capital. I started my schooling at St. Columbus High School before I went to Mayo College. Delhi, for me, is a historical city with all its beautiful monuments. Ajay Mehta

Beautiful Me Strong School College Before Monuments Visit High City Stay High School Touch Delhi Had Columbus Schooling Ties Always Historical Friends Mayo Capital Started

I'm a Buckeye at heart. I spend more time giving concerts in Ohio than I do in any other state - perhaps more time than I spend performing anywhere else in the world. I have a great relationship with the people of Ohio, and it's great to be near the OSU when I come to Columbus. Al Jarreau

Time Great Relationship Heart People World Giving Other Else State Spend More Great Relationship Columbus Performing Come Perhaps Concerts Than Any Ohio Anywhere Anywhere Else Near

Shaquille and I kind of joke we were the Christopher Columbus of social media. We're kind of out on a boat by ourselves going through these uncharted waters. But it's become more understood, embraced and accepted, and now it's pretty much expected by fans for athletes, leagues and teams to be there. Amy Jo Martin

Fans Social Media Joke Become Christopher Waters Ourselves Out Kind Athletes Embraced Pretty More Uncharted Through Columbus Leagues Accepted Understood Were Expected Going Social Boat Much Teams Media Now

My mother-in-law, Nanny, spent her working years as a bookkeeper at a medical office in Columbus, Ohio. Like so many Americans, she worked hard and paid into Medicare, knowing that one day she could count on having high-quality health care when she needed it most. Ann McLane Kuster

Health Day Care Spent One Day Having High-Quality Could Count Columbus Like Most Nanny Knowing She Health Care Mother-In-Law Years Office American Ohio Worked Working Paid Hard Many Medical Her Medicare Needed

The leader of an Earth organization who makes a commitment to history - of humans living on Earth, to begin permanent settlement/occupation of not the moon, but of another planet - this leader will have a legacy for history that will supersede Columbus, Genghis Khan or almost any recognized leader. Buzz Aldrin

In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished. Charles Kendall Adams

Heart World Old Fire Every Evident Had Columbus New Well New Era Parts Era Old World Extinguished

I grew up in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, in the early '90s, and hospitals and doctor's offices offered to x-ray candy. I was 7 or 8. The day after Halloween, my brother and I were sorting all of our candy, and my mom asked if she could have a piece of my gum. She put the gum in her mouth, bit down, and there was a shard of metal in it! Cory Michael Smith

Day Mom Doctor Halloween Mouth Down Our Bit Gum Brother Could Hospitals Put Columbus Piece She Sorting Metal Were Up Offered Offices Candy Ohio Grew After Suburb Asked Her Early

I can't escape being born in Pike County, Kentucky, grandson of a miner, Luther Tibbs, and his wife, Earlene, and traveling as a child up and down Route 23 between Kentucky and Columbus, Ohio, where I was raised, experiencing life via working-class people. Nor do I want to escape. Dwight Yoakam

Life People Wife Down Miner Born Columbus Between County His Nor Up Up And Down Escape Child Via Ohio Being Where Want Experiencing Grandson Working-Class Traveling Route Kentucky Raised Luther

You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys laughing at you, or when you risk climbing down in a Tibetan pub for a meal of rotten meat. Ella Maillart

Whenever I played Columbus, Ohio, I dropped in to see my close friend, a medium who had mysterious powers. Her Indian guide was Mohawk. Ethel Waters

Medium Guide Indian See Mysterious Had Columbus Dropped Powers Friend Close Close Friend Ohio Whenever Who Her Played

There's only one professional team in Columbus, the Blue Jackets, but Ohio State is a football state. Ezekiel Elliott

State Only Football Columbus Jackets Blue Ohio Team Professional

IQ is a commodity, data is a commodity. I'm far more interested in watching people interact at a restaurant with their smartphone. We can all read 'Tech Crunch,' 'Ad Age.' I would rather be living in the trenches. I would rather be going to Whole Foods in Columbus Circle to watch people shop with their smartphones. Gary Vaynerchuk

Age People Circle Living Trenches Would Restaurant Data Rather More Foods Columbus Crunch Read Shop Going Commodity Interact Interested Far Whole Whole Foods Tech Ad Watch Watching

I painted the Astor-Victoria sign seven times, and it's 395 feet wide and 58 feet high. I dropped a gallon of purple paint on Seventh Avenue and 47th Street from 15 stories up and didn't kill anybody. I dropped a brush at Columbus Circle. It fell on a guy's camel-hair coat. James Rosenquist

I thought incorporating Columbus and Platte County into the 1st District was a good idea. Jeff Fortenberry

Good Thought District Columbus Idea County Good Idea

I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, dreamed of owning. My mother, Willie Ella Mays Clarke, was a washerwoman for poor white folks in the area of Columbus, Georgia where the writer Carson McCullers once lived. John Henrik Clarke

Love Family Mother Father Own Rich White Once Willie Would Clarke Dreamed Folks John Area Writer Never Columbus Understood Georgia Owning Where Mays Poor Land Lived Ella

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