Quote of the day, mostly related to astronomy.

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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific. Lily Tomlin

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By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out. Richard Dawkins

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The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around. Thomas A. Edisson

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I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party. Ron White

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I like brain-theme quotes Jean-Yves...

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Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. Luis Bunuel

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Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. Elbert Hubbard

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My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. Mitch Hedberg

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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. George Burns

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Fashions have done more harm than revolutions. Victor Hugo

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This planet seems to be in such sorry shape. And I can't ever think about the rest of the universe without coming back home and thinking what the implications for life here would be if we were to really have some definitive proof of extraterrestrial life. Ann Druyan

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I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs. Hannes Alfven

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Evolutionary cosmology formulates theories in which a universe is capable of giving rise to and generating future universes out of itself, within black holes or whatever. Robert Nozick

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The brain builds a version of the universe and projects this version of the universe like a bubble all around us. So I can say with some certainty, 'I think therefore I am.' But I cannot say, 'You think therefore you are,' because you are within my perceptual bubble. Henry Markram

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Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. Pele

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We don't really have a place in the universe, as far as on a timeline. But nothing else does, either. Therefore every moment really is the most important moment that's ever happened, including this moment right now. Kaki King

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Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

- Pablo Picasso -

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Do one thing every day that scares you.

- Eleanor Roosevelt -

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Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

- Will Rogers -

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Earn your leadership every day.

- Michael Jordan -