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title: "4 Saying Universe Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [ \[F\]or academic men to be happy, the universe would have to take shape. All of philosophy has no other goal: it is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bataille/f-or-academic-men-to-be-happy-the-universe-would-have-to-take-shape/)

[Georges Bataille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bataille/)

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> [Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic un-interestingness as an intellectual position. Where was the ingenuity, the ambiguity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/among-the-repulsions-of-atheism-for-me-has-been-its-drastic-un/)

[John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/)

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> [“What couldn’t they hear? They were going so fast they couldn’t hear the universe whispering to them. What was the universe saying?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-chandler/what-couldn-t-they-hear-they-were-going-so-fast-they-couldn-t-hear/)

[Steve Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-chandler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/steve-chandler-11592_quote_what-couldn-t-they-hear-they-were-going_1761195.jpg)

> [Saying the universe is eternal simply is saying that it has no beginning or end, not that it had a beginning an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/saying-the-universe-is-eternal-simply-is-saying-that-it-has-no/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

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