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General relativity predicts that time ends inside black holes because the gravitational collapse squeezes matter to infinite density.


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BRUCE LEE The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
HARPER LEE You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen.
LEE TREVINO I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think no...
HARPER LEE My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eigh...
LEE TREVINO We at Chrysler borrow money the old fashion way. We pay it back.
LEE IACOCCA I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually nev...
LEE IACOCCA I'm not out there just to be dancing around. I expect to win every time I tee up.
LEE TREVINO I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to min...
BRUCE LEE There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf b...
LEE TREVINO Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the funct...
BRUCE LEE I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you...
LEE IACOCCA The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. The...
LEE IACOCCA Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
BRUCE LEE You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.
BRUCE LEE