"The purpose of scientific enquiry is not to compile an inventory of factual information, nor to build up a totalitarian world picture of natural Laws in which every event that is not compulsory is forbidden. We should think of it rather as a logically articulated structure of justifiable beliefs about nature."

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Source : Peter Brian Medawar (1969). “Induction and intuition in scientific thought”

Peter Medawar

#Thinking Quotes #Law Quotes #Events Quotes

“Then I know Prim is right, that Snow cannot afford to waste Peeta's life, especially now, while the Mockingjay causes so much havoc. He's killed Cinna already. Destroyed my home. My family, Gale, and even Haymitch are out of his reach. Peeta's all he has left. "So, what do you think they'll do to him?" I ask. Prim sound about a thousand years old when she speaks."Whatever it takes to break you.”
“There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.”
“In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true - demand for our services increases in hard times.”
“There are two economic realities in America in 2016. There's been a record six straight years of job growth, and new census numbers show incomes have increased at a record rate after years of stagnation. However, income inequality remains significant, and nearly half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.”

Source : The First 2016 Presidential Debate Between Trump, Clinton, www.nbcnews.com. September 27, 2016.
“Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name.”
“Did you ever feel that you were missing someone you had never met?”
“Life is good - we forget that.”
“Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.”

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