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    It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.

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The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes read more

The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the Universe to do.

by Galileo Galilei Found in: Universe Quotes,
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. But not in that order.

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. But not in that order.

by Edward P. Tryon Found in: Universe Quotes,
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I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.

I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.

by Rich Cook Found in: Universe Quotes,
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My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

by Brian Pickrell Found in: Universe Quotes,
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The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, read more

The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, uncertainty and bloody-mindedness.

by Terry Pratchett Found in: Universe Quotes,
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In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded read more

In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea.

by Douglas Adams Found in: Universe Quotes,
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God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be read more

God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.

by Neil Gaiman Found in: Universe Quotes,
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In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Universe Quotes,
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The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us.

The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us.

by Indian Proverb Found in: Universe Quotes,
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