"The scientific process has two motives: one is to understand the natural world, the other is to control it."

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Source : C. P. Snow, Stefan Collini (2012). “The Two Cultures”, p.67, Cambridge University Press

C.P. Snow

#Two Quotes #World Quotes #Natural Quotes

“Europe is a collection of free countries.”
“Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger, and the more alien the stranger, the stronger the whiff of negativity. We depend on the guarantee in our children's faces that we will not die. Children whose defining quality annihilates that fantasy of immortality are a particular insult; we must love them for themselves, and not for the best of ourselves in them, and that is a great deal harder to do. Loving our own children is an exercise for the imagination.”
“I don't buy jewelry just for the aesthetic side.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“Orange is the happiest color.”
“I never thought to look at the New York Times one, even though I knew people were pissed off. I've seen YouTube videos from people who are pissed off at me about that and that takes a lot of effort to go find.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Karen Handel has run a 100 percent negative campaign.”
“To go to work every day for two years, that was life changing.”

Source : Source: gq.com
“Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.”

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