"Perfect concordance among reformers is not to be expected; and men who are honestly struggling towards the light cannot hope to attain at one bound to the complete truth. There is always a danger lest the fascination of a new discovery should lead us too far. Men of science, being human, are apt, like lovers, to exaggerate the perfections and be a little blind to the faults of the object of their choice."

-- Thomas George Bonney

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“I'm not a big fan of the thought that you can become a star by winning a contest. I'm sort of old-fashioned. I think people need to get out there and they need to work and they need to do their music because they love it. If they become successful, then great, and if they are not, whatever.”
“I think, certainly, in history, if you look back, a lot of people would go through their careers, build a business, or be a doctor, lawyer, and then they would go and do public service later on in their careers.”
“A lot of people don't have much food on their table. But they got a lot of forks 'n knives. And they got to cut somethin'.”
“I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature. So I think that was probably my most valued characteristic as a teenager.”
“Never be ready to play yesterday. Being ready to play today is what's important”
“I just rocked the eye chart, So if you can't see it, now you know it by heart.”
“Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.”
“If we raise a generation of students who dont believe in the process of science, who think everything that weve come to know about nature and the universe can be dismissed by a few sentences translated into English from some ancient text, youre not going to continue to innovate,”

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