"What we see of the universe is vast. We know that the universe is something like 90 billion light-years across."

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Source : Source: www.wbur.org

Janna Levin

#Light Quotes #Years Quotes #Billions Quotes

“I wanted to tell her that sometimes, in my long sleep, I dreamt of her”
“I didn't go to film school. I just kept doing videos and whatever. So I guess I learned my education from just experience. Figuring out what worked and what didn't work.”
“Ask us for any help you need...Let us be strong for you.”
“Language is never fully trustworthy, but when it comes to eating animals, words are as often used to misdirect and camouflage as they are to communicate. Some words, like veal, help us forget what we are actually talking about. Some, like free-range, can mislead those whose consciences seek clarification. Some, like happy, mean the opposite of what they would seem. And some, like natural, mean next to nothing.”
“My purpose isn't to be confrontational. My purpose is to find out about the world and play myself against it to the extent that it is even conceivable.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Bollen, believermag.com. January 1, 2004.
“One of the greatest gifts adults can give - to their offspring and to their society - is to read to children.”
“One recognises one's course by discovering the paths that stray from it.”
“God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth. How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven.”

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