"Science is not a thing. It's a verb. It's a way of thinking about things. It's a way of looking for natural explanations for all phenomena."

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Source : "Why people believe weird things". TED conference, www.ted.com. 2006.

Michael Shermer

#Thinking Quotes #Way Quotes #Verbs Quotes

“Letâ€™s not forget that American democracy started with â€˜We the Peopleâ€™ agreeing to work hard to create â€˜a more perfect union.â€™ Weâ€™ve lost the idea that politics begins at home with what happens in families, in neighborhoods, in classrooms, in congregations. We called this democracy into being â€“ and if we want to call this democracy back to its highest values, itâ€™s got to be the us doing that calling. Thatâ€™s not going to happen if â€˜We the Peopleâ€™ donâ€™t know how to talk to one another with civility and hold our differences in a creative, life-giving way.”
“The truth isn't the truth until people believe you, and they can't believe you if they don't know what you're saying, and they can't know what you're saying if they don't listen to you, and they won't listen to you if you're not interesting, and you won't be interesting unless you say things imaginatively, originally, freshly.”
“Your aim as a photographer is to get a picture of that person that means something. Portraits aren't fantasies; they need to tell a truth.”
“Now, I can smile at the stock quality of these friends, these uniforms. these looking-glasses, these sharers. Each is a character lifted straight from literature and yet, life successfully aping art, they are alive, and fulfil their destinies - or act their parts - flawlessly.”
“A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art.”

Source : Charles Rosen (2002). “Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist”, p.236, Simon and Schuster
“I didn't set out to become a leader, so I always come back to my first lesson - just do it. If you're the first one out there actively doing something to solve a problem then you'll naturally fall into a leadership role.”
“I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps.”
“I'm excited by any food that's prepared by someone who's proud of what they're doing, who puts a personal imprint on food.”

Source : "Q& A with Anthony Bourdain on food porn, Libya and his move to CNN". Interview with Zinta Lundborg, www.delcotimes.com. May 20, 2013.

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