"Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge."

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Source : Nobel Banquet Speech, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1986.

John Charles Polanyi

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“The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.”
“I just had that conversation this morning with my doctor. I just got back from the hospital a half-hour ago, and nothing will make me happier than to replicate the DNA of my amazing husband. I'm optimistic.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“My best friend, Wil Wheaton, identifies himself as a geek.”
“Democracy, in its best state, is but the politics of Bedlam; while kept chained, its thoughts are frantic, but when it breaks loose, it kills the keeper, fires the building, and perishes.”
“When you see a great teacher, you are seeing a work of art,”

Source : "The Real Problem With Waiting for 'Superman'" by Aaron Swartz, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 7, 2010.
“The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.”
“I have no brakes on...analysis is for those who are paralyzed by life.”
“Smile with instinct, then lick your wounds in the darkest of dark corners. Trace the scars back to your own fingers and remember them.”

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