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" The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. "

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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" I want people to see that the cosmic perspective is simultaneously honest about the universe we live in and uplifting, when we realize how far we have come and how wonderful is this world of ours. "

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" In science, if you don't do it, somebody else will. Whereas in art, if Beethoven didn't compose the 'Ninth Symphony,' no one else before or after is going to compose the 'Ninth Symphony' that he composed; no one else is going to paint 'Starry Night' by van Gogh. "

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" Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships? "

" We all know the sense of comfort of which we are conscious when a good half of the floor space in a room is unencumbered; this seems to offer us the agreeable possibility of moving about freely. "

Maria Montessori

" Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space. "

" When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen. "

" People credit me for making the universe interesting when in fact the universe is inherently interesting, and I'm merely revealing that fact. I don't think I'm anything special for this to happen. "

Neil deGrasse Tyson

" Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward. "

" When someone tells me, 'Oh, we have so many problems on Earth; space exploration costs too much money,' I say, 'I absolutely agree with you. But I still hope we do it.' "

" The Pacific is the best toilet for satellites. "

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" I'm not very comfortable about the audience getting a peek into my personal life. I like to keep my personal space. "

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" I like the sci-fi channel. Just science in general. I came across a segment on time travel and how time travel is possible. We create a spaceship that's moving at almost the speed of light, we go in that spaceship in outer space, and we fly around for a year, when we get back to Earth, Earth would've aged 10 years. "

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" In all civilizations we've studied, all cultures that we know of across the Earth and across time have invested some kind of attempt to understanding where where, where they come from, and where they are going. "

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" Everything that exists is information, and everything that is informative also exists. The infosphere is not a virtual space that is distinct from the real world. Rather, the world itself is increasingly being considered an information space and part of the infosphere. "

" I'd love to go into space again if there were a mission to Mars. I'd also love to go to a completely different planetary system, out of our solar system. "