One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist....Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.
— Stephen Hawking Contemporary

Black holes, cosmology

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From 'A Brief History of Time'

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1988

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/12718-the-universe-doesn-t-allow-perfection

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