"What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead."

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Source : "A New Theory of Measurement: A Study in the Logic of Mathematics". Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society s2-19 (1): 181–205, 1921.

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“If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.”
“The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.”
“I am passionate about my family, adventure, good wine, nature and the outdoors, sharks, the ocean, and working hard to preserve it all for future generations.”
“It's interesting to feel the pressure of having to be outgoing, because I think in general, as a human being, I'm pessimistic and introverted. But, it's cool, because it's a whole different side of me, and I impress myself. Even at times when I think that there's no possible way that I can be engaging, I'll suddenly pull it out and impress myself.”

Source : "Fun.'s Nate Ruess". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.avclub.com. April 13, 2012.
“In America, snobs who wouldn't be seen dead with a lottery ticket play the stock market. We like to gamble. Winning, we have closed our eyes, leapt across the yawning abyss, and landed knee-deep in daisies. Even losing has a certain gloomy glamour: the gods of chance are worthy opponents; we have engaged them in hand-to-hand combat and though we lost, at least we shrank not from the contest.”
“Sometimes it's necessary to do wrong. Sometimes it's the only way to make things right.”
“A Woman in Harmony with her Spirit is like a river flowing ...”
“When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh.”

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