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“Every passing hour brings the Solar System forty three thousand miles closer to Globular Cluster M13 in Hercules — and still there are some misfits who insist that there is no such thing as progress.”
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“Normal science, the activity in which most scientists inevitably spend most all their time, is predicated on the assumption that the scientific community knows what the world is like. Normal science, often suppresses fundamental novelties because they are necessarily subversive of its basic commitments. As a puzzle-solving activity, normal science does not aim at novelties of fact or theory and, when successful, finds none.”
Source : Thomas S. Kuhn (2012). “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.52, University of Chicago Press
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“I think people do things all the time in the name of love that they shouldn't be doing - such is the nature of us.”
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“Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living.”
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“Not everyone likes watching rushes, but it makes me work harder, and I don't feel I am watching myself, but watching the progression of the character.”
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“The Clintons opposed gay marriage. They did don't ask, don't tell. They did the Defense of Marriage Act.”
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“America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.”
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“A good place to start a more civil dialog would be for my Republican colleagues in the House to change the name of the bill they have introduced to repeal health care reform. The bill, titled the "Repeal the Job Killing Health Care Law Act," was set to come up for a vote this week, but in the wake of Gabby's shooting, it has been postponed at least until next week. Don't get me wrong - I'm not suggesting that the name of that one piece of legislation somehow led to the horror of this weekend - but is it really necessary to put the word "killing" in the title of a major piece of legislation?”
Source : "For Gabby’s Sake, Republicans Should Change the Name of Their Health Care Repeal Bill" by Chellie Pingree, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 09, 2011. 
