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“The problem isn't to learn to love humanity, but to learn to love those members of it who happen to be at hand.”
Source : FaceBook post by Samuel R. Delany from Nov 24, 2016 
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“The secret of friendship is expressing kindness with your eyes and through the tone of your voice, not only with words.”
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“When you don't understand something it's always OK to ask questions. That's really the mentality that I've had.”
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“I decided that life rationally considered seemed pointless and futile, but it is still interesting in a variety of ways, including the study of science. So why not carry on, following the path of scientific hedonism? Besides, I did not have the courage for the more rational procedure of suicide.”
Source : Robert S. Mulliken (2012). “Life of a Scientist: An Autobiographical Account of the Development of Molecular Orbital Theory”, p.24, Springer Science & Business Media
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“Both poet and painter want to reach the silence behind the language, the silence within the language. Both painter and poet want their work to shine not only in daylight but (by whatever illusionist magic) from within.”
Source : Howard Nemerov (1978). “Figures of thought: speculations on the meaning of poetry & other essays”
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“The conjuror or con man is a very good provider of information. He supplies lots of data, by inference or direct statement, but it's false data. Scientists aren't used to that scenario. An electron or a galaxy is not capricious, nor deceptive; but a human can be either or both.”
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“If I thought there was any hope of turning 'World War Z' into a movie, I wouldn't have written it as a giant, epic, global story, because that requires a giant, epic, global budget.”
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“And everyone must lose his mind, everyone must! The sooner the better! It is essential — I know it.”
