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“The thing that I like about being me is that everybody gets a different feeling from me.”
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“Do not undertake a scientific career in quest of fame or money. There are easier and better ways to reach them. Undertake it only if nothing else will satisfy you; for nothing else is probably what you will receive. Your reward will be the widening of the horizon as you climb. And if you achieve that reward you will ask no other.”
Source : Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Katherine Haramundanis (1996). “Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: An Autobiography and Other Recollections”, p.227, Cambridge University Press
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“If something can't be explained on the back of an envelope, it's rubbish.”
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“If any of you happens to see an injustice, you are no longer a spectator, you are a participant, and you have an obligation to do something.”
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“A society is judged by the way it cares for its most vulnerable citizens. As an American, I am ashamed that we have turned out backs on millions of our children. I want to do my part to rectify this terrible situation.”
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“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
Source : 1822; cited in U.S. Senate, Alleged Assassination Plots (1975).
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“Meditate or spend silent time in nature with your partner. When going for a walk or sitting in the car or at home, become comfortable with being in stillness together. Stillness cannot and need not be created. Just be receptive to the stillness that is already there, but is usually obscured by mental noise.”
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“If your child has a weakness, teach them how to turn it into a strength! The only Failure is not trying.”