"A man who is all theory is like "a rudderless ship on a shoreless sea." ... Theories and speculations may be indulged in with safety only as long as they are based on facts that we can go back to at all times and know that we are on solid ground."

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Source : Elisha Gray (1899). “Nature's Miracles: Familiar Talks on Science”, W. Briggs ; Montreal : C.W. Coates ; Halifax : S.F. Huestis, [19--?]

Elisha Gray

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“It's not the gifts you don't have that hold you back as much as the gifts you do have that you don't use.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 06, 2017
“Once one has been to these challenging terrible places theyâ€™re always strangely drawn backâ€¦ because thereâ€™s nothing that can compare to seeing the raw reality of the basic human need for survival. It disgusts and inspires”
“It is paradoxical, yet true, to say, that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense, for it is only through enlightenment that we become conscious of our limitations. Precisely one of the most gratifying results of intellectual evolution is the continuous opening up of new and greater prospects.”
“Kids don't have the same sense of their own mortality as adults.”

Source : Source: www.thewrap.com
“ACA is advancing an agenda of dramatic and necessary change in how medical care is delivered in the U.S.”

Source : Source: sponsored.bostonglobe.com
“There is an emptiness inside of me -- a void that will never be filled. No one in your life will ever love you as your mother does. There is no love as pure, unconditional and strong as a mother's love. And I will never be loved that way again.”

Source : Hope Edelman (2014). “Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss, 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.11, Da Capo Press
“It's so funny that people specify that year because in a way it was the biggest battle for me health wise.”
“Race is always tossed into the mix. The unspoken idea is always that white people have a right to carry guns and bear arms.”

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