"I shall devote only a few lines to the expression of my belief in the importance of science Â… it is by this daily striving after knowledge that man has raised himself to the unique position he occupies on earth, and that his power and well-being have continually increased."

-- Marie Curie

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“[Donald] Trump's views are objectionable, hateful, but they are not something I dreamt up in my own head.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Dominion does not mean domination. We hold dominion over animals only because of our powerful and ubiquitous intellect. Not because we are morally superior. Not because we have a "right" to exploit those who cannot defend themselves. Let us use our brain to move toward compassion and away from cruelty, to feel empathy rather than cold indifference, to feel animals' pain in our hearts.”

Source : Marc Bekoff (2013). “Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed: The Fascinating Science of Animal Intelligence, Emotions, Friendship, and Conservation”, p.310, New World Library
“I invite you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air . . . and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a great wasteland.”

Source : Speech before National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C., 9 May 1961
“Universities are no longer educational in any sense of the word that Rousseau would have recognised. Instead, they have become unabashed instruments of capital. Confronted with this squalid betrayal, one imagines he would have felt sick and oppressed.”
“I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then.”

Source : Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 10 (1865)
“The fact that so many of my friends were stumbling headfirst into their happily-ever-after gave my tired heart hope that I couldn't be far behind.”

Source : Jay Crownover (2014). “Rome (The Marked Men, Book 3)”, p.15, HarperCollins UK
“Every big problem is a big opportunity.”
“I just love real characters; they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their loves, their hates, their passions; they're all right there on the surface.”

Source : "The Fighter: David O. Russell Interview". Interview with Tom Butler, www.ign.com. February 8, 2011.

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