"Science is not a body of facts. Science is a state of mind. It is a way of viewing the world, of facing reality square on but taking nothing on its face. It is about attacking a problem with the most manicured of claws and tearing it down into sensible, edible pieces."

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Source : Natalie Angier (2008). “The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science”, p.19, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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“Women in Africa, generally a lot needs to be done for women. Women are not being educated, not only in Angola but my trip to Nigeria, one point I would make over and over again was that women need to be educated too.”

Source : MSNBC.com Live Chat, www.nbcnews.com. 2013.
“I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great.”
“I do still see that my nature is not to be quite conquered, but will esteem pleasure above all things, though yet in the middle of it, it has reluctances after my business, which is neglected by my following my pleasure. However musique and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.”

Source : Diary, 9 Mar. 1666
“There's a lot of Google fascination out there and we share it, and we're going to compete, we're going to compete very, very hard.”
“Every time Paul and Gene use my makeup, they have to pay me a royalty check. I think they changed the makeup so they didn't have to pay me.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.”
“My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could.”

Source : "Gold Medal Figure Skater". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 17, 2000.
“One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior.”

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