We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

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Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.

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remember to look up at the stars

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Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science.

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The idea that we are alone in the universe seems to me completely implausible and arrogant, considering the number of planets and stars that we know exist, it's extremely unlikely that we are the only form of evolved life.

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What I meant by 'we would know the mind of God' is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God. Which there isn't. I'm an atheist.

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Aristarchus suspected that this was the case and believed that the stars we see in the night sky are actually nothing more than distant suns.

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Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

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What is important is that we have the ability to create.

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Look up at the stars, not down at your feet.

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