"The Copernican revolution was actually a contribution to the life of the church, the development of our view of ourselves in terms of the Universe, and therefore our view of God, et cetera. But, that took centuries, and struggles, and conflicts before that happened."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

George Coyne

#Struggle Quotes #Views Quotes #Church Quotes

“My family put a lot of emphasis on homework, so there weren't too many comic books or video games for me, when I was growing up.”
“Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is always much) that is incongruous with his greatness.”
“I haven't placed any limits on myself”
“Technique does not need to be interpreted. It interprets itself. You have to choose the right objects and focus on them precisely and they will tell you their own stories.”
“Most people will reach a point where, whatever their ideology, they will relent, or conform, and that keeps them kind of in the general mass of people. And for those who find that they can't, all of sudden they leave the general mass, they find that they become exceptions, and exceptional, and often this makes them public.”

Source : The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 23, 2014.
“[Science is] an imaginative adventure of the mind seeking truth in a world of mystery.”
“I did feel as though a number of critics had appointed themselves, when they sat down with a new book of mine, to rectify what they felt to be was my inflated reputation and so that the book in hand was not really given a chance but made a kind of weapon in the general attempt to bring me down to size.”
“The landscape of my childhood was one of fierce occupation by trees.”

Source : Janisse Ray (2003). “Wild Card Quilt: Taking a Chance on Home”

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