"A defeated argument that refuses to be obliterated can remain very alive."

-- Amartya Sen

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“Is the Scientific Paper a Fraud?”

Source : Peter Brian Medawar (1996). “The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice and Other Classic Essays on Science”, p.33, Oxford University Press, USA
“Choose the mountain you want to climb: don't pay attention to what other people say, such as "that one's more beautiful" or "this one's easier". You'll be spending lots of energy and enthusiasm to reach your objective, so you're the only one responsible and you should be sure of what you're doing.”
“I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion.”
“I've always tried to present a positive view of the world in my work. It's so much easier to be negative and cynical and predict doom for the world than it is to try and figure out how to make things better. We have an obligation to do the latter.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is a natural stronghold for themâ€”they can infest this maze of iron and water like a horde of starving cockroaches, and theyâ€™ll be just as hard to anticipate and to kill in such close quarters.â€ â€œWow,â€ Shane said. â€œYou really know how to drum up team spirit. Did you print up Team Total Fail jerseys, too?â€ Myrnin gave him an entirely crazy smile. â€œWould you be surprised if I had?”
“Lose your schematic conventions by finding some surprising symbol or shape in the welter of shades, and draw that.”
“Sometimes the hitter get a hit, sometimes I strike them out, but in niether case does anyone die.”
“I guess John Lennon had it right: give peace a chance.”

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