"That's progress: when we prove things wrong."

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Source : "My wish: Find the next Einstein in Africa". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2008.

#Progress Quotes #Prove Quotes

“The building is absolutely stunning. It is a magnificent and important piece of architecture that contributes greatly to the cultural landscape of Washington. It is one the best designed buildings in D.C. in the last decade.”
“Of what use is a fortune to me, if I cannot use it? [Lat., Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti?]”
“When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.”
“We're in the world of creating illusions and giving people the ability to dream and to be inspired or moved.”
“Baseball is fathers and sons. Football is brothers beating each other up in the backyard.”

Source : Donald Hall (2017). “Fathers Playing Catch with Sons: Essays on Sport (Mostly Baseball)”, p.35, North Point Press
“It was Sci-Fi and fantasy that got me reading, and Sci-Fi writers in particular have pack rat minds. They introduce all sorts of interesting themes and ideas into their books, and so for me it was a short leap to go from the fantasy and Sci-Fi genres to folklore, mythology, ancient history and philosophy. I did not read philosophy because I set out to become a philosopher; I read it because it looked interesting.”
“We tend to set up success in Christian work as our purpose, but our purpose should be to display the glory of God in human life, to live a life "hidden with Christ in God" in our everyday human conditions.”
“Why is ***** against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesnâ€™t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?”

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