"There can be no doubt that our descendants will learn to exploit the energy of fusion for peaceful purposes even before its use becomes necessary for the preservation of human civilization."

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Source : "Conference proceedings, Volume 1, Nuclear fusion. International Atomic Energy Agency". Artsimovich Memorial Session of the Seventh International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, 1978.

Lev Artsimovich

#Civilization Quotes #Peaceful Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“There is much that public policy can do to support American entrepreneurs. Health insurance reform will make it easier for entrepreneurs to take a chance on a new business without putting their family's health at risk. Tort reform will make it easier to take prudent risks on new products in a number of sectors.”
“Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.”
“I would confide to you perhaps my secret profession of faith - which is ... which is ... that let us say and do what we please and can ... there is a natural inferiority of mind in women - of the intellect ... not by any means, of the moral nature - and that the history of Art and of genius testifies to this fact openly.”
“One is more admired for claiming to do good than for proving to be right.”
“I started connecting things to my body during my childhood. I approached the computer as a mediating element, as a form of visual art.”
“Humans beings always do the most intelligent thingâ€¦after theyâ€™ve tried every stupid alternative and none of them have worked”
“When life is hard and the day has been long, the ideal dinner is not four perfect courses, each in a lovely pool of sauce whose ambrosial flavors are like nothing ever before tasted, but rather something comforting and savory, easy on the digestion - something that makes one feel, if even for only a minute, that one is safe.”
“Dogs will give you unconditional love until the day they die. Cats will make you pay for every mistake you've ever made since the day you were born.”

Source : Oliver Gaspirtz (2014). “Pet Humor!”, p.56, Westhoff Publishing

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