"So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth ideas conceived for another purpose, and depart from this study a greater fool than when he entered it."

-- Nicolaus Copernicus

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“My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.”
“Zen Makes use, to a great extent, of poetical expressions; Zen is wedded to poetry.”
“I'm always aiming for some magic in films if I can find a mystical quality either in a song or in a moment or a character's intention.”

Source : "Director Jean-Marc Vallée Talks DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, Looking for Humanity in the True Story, and His Next Project WILD". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. November 4, 2013.
“It will soon be difficult to put up a shelf without a degree in shelf putting up.”
“The great virtue, I think, of studying Aristotle - and, more importantly, taking him seriously as a possible teacher - is that he presents an alternative view of both science and the world.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“There is a great difference, then, between "power" and "authority." Power refers to one's ability to coerce others (through physical, economic, or other means) to do one's bidding. One can possess the means of power: physical strength, armaments, and money. But authority must be performed. Authority refers to one's ability to gain the trust and willing obedience of others. While power rests on intimidation, authority survives through inspiration.”

Source : Joshua Meyrowitz (1986). “No Sense of Place: The Impact of Electronic Media on Social Behavior”, p.75, Oxford University Press
“He [Mikhail Gorbachev] has, as many great leaders have, impressive eyes....There's a kind of laser-beam stare, a forced quality, you get from Gorbachev that does not come across as something peaceful within himself. It's the look of a kind of human volcano, or he'd probably like to describe it as a human nuclear energy plant.”
“When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.”

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