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Bon mots: gravity

"I know this defies the law of gravity, but, you see, I never studied law."
--Bugs Bunny, High Diving Hare (Warner Brothers, 1948)

"We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming."
--Wernher von Braun

"You may hate gravity, but gravity doesn't care."
--Clayton Christensen

"Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off."
--Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (HarperTorch Publishers, 1994)

"It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe.
--Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh, Book III, Chapter VII (1831)

"Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand."
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, October 2002

"Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects."
--Dave Barry   

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