"Science, in the very act of solving problems, creates more of them."

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Source : Abraham Flexner (1994). “Universities: American, English, German”, p.19, Transaction Publishers

Abraham Flexner

#Motivational Quotes #Problem Quotes #Problem Solving Quotes

“It was like autumn, looking at her. it was like driving up north to see the colors.”
“Some people still see me as a kid, but I'm a 23-year-old woman now.”
“I follow nature as the surest guide, and resign myself with implicit obedience to her sacred ordinances.”
“People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have.”
“Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.”
“I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like a comedian who laughs at his own jokes.”
“Itâ€™s all okay, itâ€™s all beautiful; but ah fear that this internal sea is gaunnae subside soon, leaving this poisonous ***** washed up, stranded up in ma body.”
“In the short walk between his aeroplane and reaching the outside world at Heathrow, Michael Bywater encountered no fewer than 93 separate notices telling him off for things he hadn't done or which hadn't even occurred to him to do. Being bossed and patronised are two sensations that most sophisticated adults would sooner do without and yet we are bossed and patronised, by the media, by politicians, by business, by advertising agencies and the public services, more now than at any other time in our history. Why should this be?”

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