"[Newton's calculations] entered the marrow of what we know without knowing how we know it."

-- Hermann Bondi

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“Nursing is not only a natural vocation for a woman, but an occupation which increases her matrimonial chances about eighty per cent.”
“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow firm there, firm as weeds among stones.”

Source : Charlotte Bronte (2013). “Jane Eyre”, p.426, Simon and Schuster
“The more I see and hear, the more I realize how much I don't know.”
“But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave.”
“I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.”

Source : "Kathryn Bigelow: 'Zero Dark Thirty' has no agenda". Interview with Rohit Vats, www.news18.com. January 17, 2013.
“Where is the man to be found who wishes to remain indebted for the defense of his own person and property to the exertions, the bravery, and the blood of others, without making one generous effort to repay the debt of honor and gratitude?”
“It is impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.”
“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control the way you think about all the events. You always have a choice. You can choose to face them with a positive mental attitude.”

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