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"Anything that had happened once on Earth should be expected millions of times elsewhere in the Universe, that was almost an article of faith among scientists."
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"We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy."
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"From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour."
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"I'm afraid our sun is nothing like whatever defined."
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"A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars - billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone."
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"Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer."
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"The vortex. You can see the entire galaxy up there. More stars than you ever knew existed."
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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."
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"My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude,' which is used for the brightness of a star."
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"Until very recently, the heavenly bodies have been investigated only with reference to their position and their laws of motion, and a quarter of a century ago astronomy was little more than celestial topography."
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"It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are."
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"Few artists thrive in solitude and nothing is more stimulating than the conflict of minds with similar interests."
Art
"Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal."
Nature
"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."
History
"It must be wonderful to be seventeen, and to know everything."
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"Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference, we should each be treated with appropriate respect."
Philosophy
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Technology
"I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about."
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"There is no reason to assume that the universe has the slightest interest in intelligence-or even in life. Both may be random accidental by-products of its operations like the beautiful patterns on a butterfly's wings. The insect would fly just as well without them."
Science
"But most of the time, with a contented resignation that comes normally to a man only at the end of a long and busy life, he sat before the keyboard and filled the air with his beloved Bach. Perhaps he was deceiving himself, perhaps this was some merciful trick of the mind but now it seemed to Jan that this what he had always wished to do. His secret ambition had at last dared to emerge into the full light of consciousness. Jan had always been a good pianist, and now he was the finest in the world."
Art
"But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger."
Storytelling
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