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“The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.”

Source : Charles Babbage, Anthony Hyman (1989). “Science and Reform: Selected Works of Charles Babbage”, p.119, Cambridge University Press
“Do you think 'Duke' is a good name?' she asked. His face blanked for a second before it cleared. He glanced at the dog in consideration. 'I don't think so. He would outrank me.”
“We're trapped on this very thin slice of perception ... But even at that slice of reality that we call home, we're not seeing most of what's going on.”
“Having children is a huge responsibility, and I just don't want to hand them off to a nanny or my mom to take care of them.”
“For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry”
“No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.”

Source : 'Social Statics' (1850) pt. 4, ch. 30, 16
“I thought I was going to be a ballet dancer for awhile there. I had a good teacher at Interlochen, this arts' academy in Michigan, who taught me the importance of storytelling, and I really responded to that. It seemed like a long shot, but I always play the long odds.”
“I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction.”

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