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• For all our conceits about being the center of the universe, we live in a routine planet of a humdrum star stuck away in an obscure corner [.
  ..] on an unexceptional galaxy which is one of about 100 billion galaxies....
• I can jump black holes. -- Stephen Hawking
• We've decided to have the budgie put down." "Oh, is he very old then?
  "No, we just don't like him." "Oh. How do they put budgies down anyway?...
• We've decided to have the budgie put down." "Oh, is he very old then?
  "No, we just don't like him." "Oh. How do they put budgies down anyway?...
• Picard: "Earth was once a violent planet too. At times, the chaos threatened the very fabric of life, but like you, we evolved.
  We found other ways to handle our conflict. But I think no one can deny that the seed....
• Homer: Loyal Stonecutters, let us begin our reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg.
  [camera pulls back to reveal scattered, costumed monkeys] Marge...
• It matters if you don't just give up. -- Stephen Hawking
• we must counterpose the overwhelming judgment provided by consistent observations and inferences by the thousands.
  The earth is billions of years old and its living creatures are linked by ties of evolutionary descent....