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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

as they say - shoot for the stars, and you may just land on the moon.

I've only ever heard, "shoot for the moon, [and] even if you miss you'll land among the stars", which is the phrase as it was first said by Norman Vincent Peale. But maybe swapping "moon" and "stars" is a common enough variant of the phrase that I just haven't heard before.

[–] The_Lemmington_Post@discuss.online 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

I can see why. Although the stars occupy a larger portion of the sky, they are also further away than the moon. So either version of the phrase makes sense in its own way.