"The first step to be taken, is to study carefully the fundamental phenomenon above described, and to examine all the various circumstances under which it presents itself."

Source : John Farrar, Jean-Baptiste Biot, César Mansuète Despretz (1839). “Elements of Electricity, Magnetism, and Electro-dynamics: Embracing the Late Discoveries and Improvements, Digested Into the Form of a Treatise : Being the Second Part of a Course of Natural Philosophy, Compiled for the Use of the Students of the University at Cambridge, New England”, p.2

Jean-Baptiste Biot

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“I've been a rock star since you were very young. But I've never encountered anything as powerful as cancer.”
“Iran's military hardware is less than a fraction of that of any of the countries in this region.”

Source : Source: www.newyorker.com
“When some portion of the biosphere is rather unpopular with the human race-a crocodile, a dandelion, a stony valley, a snowstorm, an odd-shaped flint-there are three sorts of human being who are particularly likely still to see point in it and befriend it. They are poets, scientists and children. Inside each of us, I suggest, representatives of all these groups can be found.”
“The work of art will bring to light a new order inherent in things, and this will be: the idea of unity.”

Source : "Artists on Art, from the XIV to the XX Century: 100 Illustrations". Book by Robert Goldwater and Marco Treves, Pantheon books, 1947.
“In fact, theres a lot to legitimately hate about pro sports and the way they are conducted.”

Source : "Fielding Questions on The Art of Fielding" by Joshua Lars Weill, www.gq.com. September 2, 2011.
“There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life; some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures.”
“My family is not a distraction. They're the most important thing in my life.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com
“In 1989, I started the National Association of Business Women. We incorporated microfinance and different job training for women. We did a survey, with USAID, that found women lacked training, credit and information.”

"The first step to be taken, is to study carefully the fundamental phenomenon above described, and to examine all the various circumstances under which it presents itself."

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