A Quote by Eugene Parker

The tail of the comet always points straight away from the sun, in antisolar direction. Sometimes the tail trails behind, but sometimes it's perpendicular, and sometimes it's ahead of the comet like a headlight on a railroad locomotive.

Eugene Parker

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Eugene Parker
American - Scientist
Born: June 10, 1927

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Jonathan Tropper

So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.

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Elizabeth Samet

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Ivan Turgenev

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Amos Oz

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Marian Keyes

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