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" All tweets are tasty. Any tweet anybody writes is tasty. So, I try to have each tweet not simply be informative, but have some outlook, some perspective that you might not otherwise had. "

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Think

Universe

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Science

Hollywood

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" Any astrophysicist does not feel small looking up at the universe; we feel large. "

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Universe

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Create

Culture

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

People

Myself

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

End

Confidence

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War

Explore

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Problem

People

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