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Donald E. Williams
(13 Feb 1942 - 23 Feb 2016)
American aviator and astronaut.
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Science Quotes by Donald E. Williams (1 quote)
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
— Donald E. Williams
As quoted, without citation, in Jeffrey O. Bennett, The Cosmic Perspective (1999), 24.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
