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" I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. "

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" I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously. "

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" In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground. "

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" The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. "

" Of course you can't 'trust' what people tell you on the web anymore than you can 'trust' what people tell you on megaphones, postcards or in restaurants. Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our brain has evolved to do. "

" Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space. "

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