"Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question 'How?' but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question 'Why?'"

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Source : Erwin Chargaff (1977). “Voices in the labyrinth: nature, man, and science”, Harper San Francisco

Erwin Chargaff

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“Religious education is only valuable intellectually, if the child is educated in a religion versus [just] about a religion. I don't believe you can have both.”
“I think everyone should own six guns, even though I don't own any.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. August 31, 2010.
“I have a bunch of albums I would love to get re-released.”
“Being successful is a choice and, therefore, being defeated is a decision.”
“Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.”

Source : Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.424, Penguin
“you can't be value free when it comes to marriage”
“The normal person classifies an object, and then forgets about it. The creative person, by contrast, is always open to new possibilities.”
“I want to be someone who is doing something solid. And I am doing my thing. You can like it or not, but I know that now I have a really nice group of really cool and talented actors that follow me. It's the same for them. They have a special connection with my movies because we do these movies differently.”

Source : "Quentin Dupieux Talks WRONG COPS, Fast-Paced Shoots, and His Secret Project with Marilyn Manson". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 25, 2013.

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