Russell Brand Quotes

An Astronomer Once Explained To Me That The Galaxy We Live In, The Milky Way, Is Vast, Too Vast To Be Understood Without Metaphor, So He Gave Me One. He Said If You Picture The Milky Way As Being The Size Of Mainland Europe, Our Solar System - That's Mars, Venus, Saturn, Us Here On Earth (you Remember From School) - In A Milky Way The Size Of Europe Our Solar System Would Fit Inside A Single Teacup Somewhere In Belgium. He Paused For My Amazement, Which I Duly Offered. But Really What Can You Say? "Ooh, A Teacup." "Blimey, Belgium." "Cor, It Makes You Think, Doesn't It?" Then He Added, Clearly Sensing I Was At A Bit Of A Loss For Words, Having Just Been Reduced To A Dot On A Speck In A Teacup In A Continent: "Russell, There Are 400 Million KNOWN Galaxies In Our Universe.

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