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“On the whole, I don't fear death. Instead, I fear a life where I could have accomplished more.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

“We are more likely to be swayed by a single person who testifies with passion than by a bar chart containing data compiled from thousands of people.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

“In that first of nine such [Project Apollo] missions, our goal was to explore the moon, but while doing so, we looked back over our shoulders and discovered Earth for the first time.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

“One final note on our troglodytes: They breathed fresh air. They drank clean water. They ate organic plants and free-range animals—yet their staggeringly high infant mortality left them with an average life expectancy of barely thirty years. Science matters.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization