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Cynthia Ozick: The engineering is...

Cynthia Ozick: The engineering is...

The engineering is secondary to the vision.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: When one does...

Friedrich Nietzsche: When one does...

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Most of the...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Most of the...

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Rainer M Rilke: If your daily...

Rainer M Rilke: If your daily...

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not a poet enough to call...

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Stanislaw Lec: If a man...

Stanislaw Lec: If a man...

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?

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Stanislaw Lec: Even Einstein had...

Stanislaw Lec: Even Einstein had...

Even Einstein had to rely for his time on his clock.

Source: In 20,000 Quips and...

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Bertolt Brecht: Mixing one's wines...

Bertolt Brecht: Mixing one's wines...

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

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Bertolt Brecht: What happens to...

Bertolt Brecht: What happens to...

What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?

Source: Mother Courage, VI.
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Niels Bohr: There are some...

Niels Bohr: There are some...

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

Source: In A Whack On...

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Alexis Carrel: Life leaps like...

Alexis Carrel: Life leaps like...

Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.

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Neil Armstrong: Science has not...

Neil Armstrong: Science has not...

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next...

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Amelia Earhart: Women must pay...

Amelia Earhart: Women must pay...

Women must pay for everything. . . . They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, But, also, women get more...

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Thomas Henry Huxley: Irrationally held truths...

Thomas Henry Huxley: Irrationally held truths...

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

Source: In Isaac...

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Barry Commoner: When you fully...

Barry Commoner: When you fully...

When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.

Source: In The...

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Lewis Thomas: The uniformity of...

Lewis Thomas: The uniformity of...

The uniformity of earth's life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high probability that we...

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Rachel Carson: Those who contemplate...

Rachel Carson: Those who contemplate...

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life...

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Vannevar Bush: Fear cannot be...

Vannevar Bush: Fear cannot be...

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and...

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Joshua Reynolds: The real character...

Joshua Reynolds: The real character...

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Source: In Correct...

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James McNeill Whistler: To say to...

James McNeill Whistler: To say to...

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the...

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James McNeill Whistler: An artist's career...

James McNeill Whistler: An artist's career...

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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