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“The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.”
Source : Henri Poincare (2012). “The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincare”, p.318, Modern Library
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“I lost everyone I loved," I tell him. I wait for him to look at me, and then I add, "The day I met you.”
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“The main problem, certainly, for the people who will not get vaccinated with Thimerosal, which was put into polio vaccine. And the belief was that it may cause autism. And there's been an awful lot done in terms of studies in Western Europe, Canada, the United States, and no correlation was found between Thimerosal and autism from those children who took vaccines. Indeed, when Thimerosal was taken out of many of these vaccines, the autism rate in the United States still rose.”
Source : "Bill Gates' Goal: Get Rid Of Polio, Forever". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. January 31, 2011.
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“Enforcement alone does not work. Unless we address the gap between our immigration laws and reality, illegal immigration will not stop and the situation on the border will continue to be chaotic.”
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“The only thing is worrying about sleeping. If I have to be up early I worry about being able to get to sleep.”
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“Having a chance to be someone other than yourself and to act out stuff that makes people look at you, like, wow, and that's why I love acting so much.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“The latest research on social mobility showed that there's a large aggregate decline in the U.S. in your chances of earning more than your parents. But I think where the story becomes more optimistic one is that there are pockets of America, where children from low-income families have significant chances of rising up in the income distribution. This finding of big geographic variation is an encouraging one because it shows that there are places where we see the American Dream thriving and we simply need to understand how can we replicate those successes elsewhere throughout the country.”
Source : Source: www.pbs.org
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“Their vain presumption of knowing all can take beginning solely from their never having known anything; for if one has but once experienced the perfect knowledge of one thing, and truly tasted what it is to know, he shall perceive that of infinite other conclusions he understands not so much as one.”