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“The annexation of Crimea did undermine Ukraine to some extent, but less than it did Russia; this is a case in which the victim wins. Ukraine got rid of a region that requires massive subsidies and received international sympathy; meanwhile, Russia bit off this chunk it can't chew.”
Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
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“Could anything be more indicative of a slight but general insanity than the aspect of the crowd on the streets of Chicago?”
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“Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.”
Source : "Science is Not Enough" by Vannevar Bush, Ch. X, (p. 191), 1967.
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“The world is so full of wonderful things we should all, if we were taught how to appreciate it, be far richer than kings.”
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“The cooperation of NASCAR - or any other system, it turns out - persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win.”
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“The free, creative, loving people who shine so brightly in my memory of studios and coffee shops have become models for a huge section of the population. If they in turn can just stay alive in the face of power and terror, they may become the decisive section.”
Source : Kenneth Rexroth (1969). “An autobiographical novel”
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“Any genuine teaching will result, if successful, in someone's knowing how to bring about a better condition of things than existed earlier.”
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“If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some text books.”
