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Having had to encounter single-handed during his period of eclipse many physical dangers, he was well aware of the most dangerous element common to them all: of the crushing, paralysing sense of human littleness, which is what really defeats a human struggling with natural forces, alone, far from the eyes of his fellows.

- Joseph Conrad

In 1983 I`d had a number one. I`d sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world.

- Bonnie Tyler

On the best and worst part about playing a Star Trek captain: "The best thing was simply the privilege and the challenge of being able to take a shot at the first female captain, transcending stereotypes that I was very familiar with. (I was) able to do that in front of millions of viewers. That was a remarkable experience - and it continues to resonate. The downside of that is also that it continues to resonate, and threatens to eclipse all else in one`s long career if one does not up the ante and stay at it, in a way that may not ordinarily be necessary. I have to work at changing and constantly reinventing myself in a way that probably would not have happened had Star Trek not come along. I knew that going in, and I think that all of the perks attached to this journey have been really inexpressively great. So the negatives are small." (Sept/Oct 2006, Star Trek Magazine issue #1)

- Kate Mulgrew

Developers now have the ability to use the power and sophistication of Eclipse to build on-demand applications. We are excited not only to bring our developer community the benefits of the Eclipse Platform for their projects today, but also to help Eclipse developers eager to embrace the power and flexibility of the on-demand model.

- Adam Gross

We are actively reaching out to Eclipse developers. We think Eclipse is the way things are trending.

- Adam Gross

We`re really betting on two horses: We will continue to support Visual Studio.Net, and in the non-.Net world, we`re going to be using Eclipse.

- Adam Gross

We`re seeing a growing appetite in the developer community for Eclipse.

- John Andrews

The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents.

- Andrea Solari

Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse, clouds prevent a sight of it; and yet a sense of relief accompanies the disappointment.

- Andrea Solari

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

- Andrea Solari

Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it.

- Andrea Solari