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It's only through honesty and courage that science can work at all. The Ptolemaic understanding of the solar system was undermined and corrected by the constant pressure of more and more honest reporting.
Philip Pullman
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Philip Pullman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 19
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I don't profess any religion I don't think it's possible that there is a God.... My books are about killing God.
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But we can trust him Roger, I swear, she said with a final effort,Because he's Will.
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Then she was pressing her little proud broken self against his face, as close as she could get, and then they died.
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And think what worrying does: has anyone ever added a single hour to the length of his life by worrying about it?
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And barely ten minutes later the soft sound of wingbeats came to their ears, and Balthamos stood up eagerly. The next moment, the two angels were embracing, and Will, gazing into the flames, saw their mutual affection. More than affection: they loved each other with a passion.
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