"We are 13.7 billion light-years from the edge of the observable universe; that's a good estimate with well-defined error bars and with the available information, I predict that I will always be with you."

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Source : "Katie Melua's bad science" by Simon Singh, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2005.

Simon Singh

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“This instinctive repulsion which tradespeople inspire in men of sensitive feeling is one of the very rare consolations for being so impoverished which are given to those of us who donâ€™t sell anything to anybody.”
“Although here - Los Angeles 2014 - we can have a lighthearted movie about romance and living your life without persecution, that freedom does not exist in the rest of the world and not even in the rest of our country. There are places where they are going backward, away from freedom. Places where same-sex couples are beaten, killed, not allowed to raise families, forced to hide their lifestyle.”
“Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope.”
“The food world is more crowded these days, but I think that there are more opportunities.”

Source : Source: live.washingtonpost.com
“I don't want you to describe to meâ€”not everâ€”what you were doing to that poor boy to make him sound like that; but if you ever do it again, please cover his mouth with your hand.”
“Take more chances than you dare. You'll make more sales than you expect. That's the formula.”
“Every relationship either gives energy to us or withholds energy from us, according to what we give to or withhold from it. And it's not only our behavior toward others, but our very thoughts about them, that builds and/ or destroys relationships.”
“Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.”

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