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We are the children equally of the Sky and the Earth.

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In more than one respect, the exploring of the Solar System and homesteading other worlds constitutes the beginning, much more than the end, of history.

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In exchange for freedom of inquiry, scientists are obliged to explain their work.

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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

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The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.

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It's sometimes easier to reject strong evidence than to admit that we've been wrong, this is information about ourselves worth having.

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To live in the hearts of others is to never die in those we leave behind.

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Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

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Which aspects of our nature will prevail is uncertain, particularly when our visions and prospects are bound to one small part of the small planet Earth. But up there in the Cosmos an inescapable perspective awaits.

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Thus the recent rapid evolution of human intelligence is not only the cause of but also the only conceivable solution to the many serious problems that beset us.

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Science arouses a soaring sense of wonder. But so does pseudoscience. Sparse and poor popularizations of science abandon ecological niches that pseudoscience promptly fills. If it were widely understood that claims to knowledge require adequate evidence before they can be accepted, there would be no room for pseudoscience.

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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.

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The universe forces those who live in it to understand it.

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In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie.

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We are made of star-stuff. Our bodies are made of star-stuff. There are pieces of star within us all.

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Humans - who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals - have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain.

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The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don’t like that statement, but few can argue with it.

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My deeply held belief is that if a god of anything like the traditional sort exists, our curiosity and intelligence is provided by such a God. We would be unappreciative of that gift if we suppressed our passion to explore the universe and ourselves.

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Frederick Douglas taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path.

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Science is far from a perfect instrument of knowledge. It's just the best we have.

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