“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“We, all of us, are what happens when a primordial mixture of hydrogen and helium evolves for so long that it begins to ask where it came from.”
— Jill Tarter
Jill Tarter's call to join the SETI search
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“Ultimately, we actually all belong to only one tribe, to Earthlings.”
— Jill Tarter
Jill Tarter's call to join the SETI search
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“We misuse language, and talk about the ‘ascent’ of man. We understand the scientific basis for the interrelatedness of life but our ego hasn’t caught up yet.”
— Jill Tarter
Jill Tarter's call to join the SETI search
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