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“The man who is striving to solve a problem defined by existing knowledge and technique is not, however, just looking around. He knows what he wants to achieve, and he designs his instruments and directs his thoughts accordingly. Unanticipated novelty, the new discovery, can emerge only to the extent that his anticipations about nature and his instruments prove wrong... There is no other effective way in which discoveries might be generated.”
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“Beware of absolutes. There are many gods.”
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“Intelligence is a valuable thing, but it is not usually the key to survival. Sheer fecundity ... usually counts. The intelligent gorilla doesn't do as well as the less intelligent but more-fecund rat, which doesn't do as well as the still-less-intelligent but still-more-fecund cockroach, which doesn't do as well as the minimally-intelligent but maximally-fecund bacterium.”
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“Spring is a true reconstructionist.”
Source : Henry Timrod (1873). “The Poems of Henry Timrod”, p.49
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“Research is four things: brains with which to think, eyes with which to see, machines with which to measure and, fourth, money.”
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“I would want to be fully informed before advising the president.”
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“The world is satisfied with words, few care to dive beneath the surface.”
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“I get happy very easily and very often.”
Source : "An Interview With Robin Lim | CNN Woman of The Year". Interview with Polly Armstrong, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. 
