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Lewis Thomas: Sometimes you get...

Lewis Thomas: Sometimes you get...

Sometimes you get a glimpse of a semicolon coming, a few lines farther on, and it is like climbing a steep path...

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Rachel Carson: For the sense...

Rachel Carson: For the sense...

For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that we use it...

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Rachel Carson: Under the philosophy...

Rachel Carson: Under the philosophy...

Under the philosophy that now seems to guide our destinies, nothing must get in the way of the man with the spray...

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Ellen Swallow Richards: I hope that...

Ellen Swallow Richards: I hope that...

I hope that I am winning a way which others will keep open.

Source: In Vassar...

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Charles Steinmetz: I have succeeded...

Charles Steinmetz: I have succeeded...

I have succeeded in getting my actual work down to thirty minutes a day. That leaves me eighteen hours for...

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Isaac Newton: If I am...

Isaac Newton: If I am...

If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work.

Source:...

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Eugene Wigner: The Unreasonable Effectiveness...

Eugene Wigner: The Unreasonable Effectiveness...

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences

Source: Title...

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Niels Bohr: A physicist is...

Niels Bohr: A physicist is...

A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself.

Source: From Charades, an...

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Peter Medawar: Today the world...

Peter Medawar: Today the world...

Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young...

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Auguste Renoir: The work of...

Auguste Renoir: The work of...

The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself and carry you away. It is the means by which the artist...

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Isaac Asimov: No sensible decision...

Isaac Asimov: No sensible decision...

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as...

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Martin H Fischer: All the world...

Martin H Fischer: All the world...

All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.

Source: Fischerisms, by Howard...

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Jackson Pollock: It is only...

Jackson Pollock: It is only...

It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy...

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Frank Tyger: The trouble with...

Frank Tyger: The trouble with...

The trouble with advice is that you can't tell if it's good or bad until you've taken it.

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Paul Cezanne: The day is...

Paul Cezanne: The day is...

The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.

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Paul Cezanne: We live in...

Paul Cezanne: We live in...

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Jackson Pollock: When I say...

Jackson Pollock: When I say...

When I say artist I mean the man who is building things -- creating molding the earth -- whether it be the plains of...

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Charlotte Bronte: Life is so...

Charlotte Bronte: Life is so...

Life is so constructed that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O mighty-mouthed inventor...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O mighty-mouthed inventor...

O mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies,
O skilled to sing of Time or Eternity,
God-gifted organ voice of...

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Immature artists imitate....

Immature artists imitate....

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

Source: Esquire Magazine,...

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