"No one at this time can duly estimate the importance of Mrs Marcet's scientific works."

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Source : Mary Somerville (2010). “Queen Of Science”, p.92, Canongate Books

Mary Somerville

#Importance Quotes

“As long as I'm living, I'm always going to try and become and get to whatever is next. Even when I become this one thing, when I get there, I'm going to try and become something else. As human beings, as long as we're alive, we're forever becoming.”

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“The more real things get, the more like myths they become.”
“It takes courage to say, "I need help" and to be vulnerable and accept advice from people who may be wiser than you are. It takes courage to die to ourselves so we can become fully alive in a love and hope and freedom that only come when we do push our pride away.”

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“If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other benefits from the treasury, democracy is done for.”
“Big Government is erecting a panopticon state - one that sees everything, and regulates everything. Itâ€™s great â€œcustomer service,â€ except that you can never get out of the store.”
“Some caregivers want to reciprocate the care they themselves received as children.”
“I wanted to kill her and make her eat her fringe. And her knickers.”
“Success lies in the opposite direction of the normal pull.”

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