"We explore because we are curious, not because we wish to develop grand views of reality or better widgets."

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Source : Brian Cox, Jeffrey Robert Forshaw (2011). “The Quantum Universe: (and Why Anything That Can Happen, Does)”, p.6, Da Capo Press

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“I began to practise day and night, and the more I did, the more I was overwhelmed by the tremendous achievement of that great family of black American musicians I was beginning to know closely.”

Source : Gilad Atzmon (2011). “The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics”, p.3, John Hunt Publishing
“It is always possible to improve.”
“The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination.”

Source : Charlotte Lennox (1762). “Sophia”, p.190
“A heavily armed citizenry is not about overthrowing the government; it is about preventing the government from overthrowing liberty.”
“I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will seek beneath the footsteps of my commas the lice of my thought in the head of my style.”
“They felt that science would be corrosive to religious belief and they were worried about it. Damn it, I think they were right. It is corrosive to religious belief and it's a good thing.”
“I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me”
“Superiority and success doesn't favor good effort or self-esteem... The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.”

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