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"This is very similar to astronomy where different magnitudes are assigned to the brightness of an astronomical object, depending on the range of wavelengths being measured."

"This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords."

"It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are."

"Stars are fires that burn for thousands of years. Some of them burn slow and long, like red dwarfs. Others-blue giants-burn their fuel so fast they shine across great distances, and are easy to see. As they start to run out of fuel, they burn helium, grow even hotter, and explode in a supernova. Supernovas, they're brighter than the brightest galaxies. They die, but everyone watches them go."

"From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour."

"We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy."

"Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?""Yes.""All like ours?""I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard-tree. Most of them splendid and sound - a few blighted.""Which do we live on - a splendid one or a blighted one?""A blighted one."
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"I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast."

"For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil."

"I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition."

"At the moment the Queen stuff does sell really well, but there's no guarantee it'll go on forever."

"There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair."

"I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway."
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