Martin Rees Quotes

There are lots of ideas which extend the Copernican principle one step further. We went from the solar system to the galaxy to zillions of galaxies and now to realising even that isn't all there is.

Martin Rees

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StepIdeasNowGalaxySolarSystem

With plastic surgery, the general anesthetic is like a black-velvety sleep, and that's what death is - without waking up to someone clapping and going, 'Joan, wake up, it's all over and you're looking pretty'.

Joan Rivers

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If you don't have your friends and your family, what do you really have? You can have all the money in the world, but with no friends and no family, it's no good.

Meek Mill

FamilyGoodMoneyWorldFriendsYou

For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.

Johnny Carson

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Poor Andy Nave was killed. He refused to surrender and was shot by Dick Fields. I felt sorry as he used to be quite friendly towards me before the war, but it could not be helped.

Stand Watie

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As colonial puppeteer and successful restorer of Russia as imperial superpower, Mr. Putin is Stalin's consummate heir.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

RussiaSuccessfulColonialSuperpower

In the old days, the media is who held people accountable when they lied in politics. That isn't happening anymore.

Rush Limbaugh

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I never rule anything out. I'm an entertainer. Be it presenting, singing, acting, I just do things I love.

Martine McCutcheon

LoveSingingActingNeverAnything

We have been trying to play a lot of different kinds of music, and probably the next album will go back more towards the direction where you couldn't classify each song as a certain kind of music. This album you can.

Mike Gordon

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I must be responsible and accountable for my actions.

Jason Williams

ResponsibleMustAccountableActions

It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want.

Jonathan Lethem

MeFreeNowWantExpectationWill

I always try to do better than I have before, so I think it would be good to break the world record.

Ashton Eaton

GoodWorldThinkBetterTryAlways

Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.

Marilyn vos Savant

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