"I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the Universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look upâ€”many people feel small, because theyâ€™re small and the Universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars."

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Source : "Neil DeGrasse Tyson on the most astounding fact in the universe" by Elizabeth Flock, www.washingtonpost.com. March 5, 2012.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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“When you are a child you are yourself and you know and see everything prophetically. And then suddenly something happens and you stop being yourself; you become what others force you to be. You lose your wisdom and your soul.”

Source : Jean Rhys (1985). “Tales of the wide Caribbean”, Heinemann Educational Publishers
“If you come to think of it, you never see deer, dogs and rabbits worrying about their menus and yet they run much faster than humans.”
“The spiritual is whatever allows us to notice the miraculous nature of life.”

Source : Aurora Levins Morales (1998). “Medicine Stories: History, Culture, and the Politics of Integrity”, p.128, South End Press
“I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.”
“I get a little sick of myself as a solo artist. I get a little bit bored.”
“First, the firearms industry has been around and has been respected for generations. They provide a valuable service and a highly desirable product to millions of sportsmen and supporters of those second amendment rights.”
“White folk done took this country. You're in their home, and they're gonna let you know it.You are not now, nor have you ever been, nor will you ever be a brother to white folk and if you do not realize that, you are in serious trouble.”
“I find that when I am gossiping about my friends, as well as my enemies, I am deeply conscious of performing a social duty. But when I hear they are gossiping about me, I am rightfully filled with righteous indignation.”

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