Ifs and buts are the stuff of politics, Mr. Parkinson. As a… - Fred Hoyle

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Ifs and buts are the stuff of politics, Mr. Parkinson. As a scientist I am concerned with facts not with motives, suspicions, and airy-fairy nothingness.

Fred Hoyle

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Sir Fred Hoyle, FRS (June 24, 1915 – August 20, 2001) was a British astronomer and science fiction author.

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