"I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded."

-- Paul Nurse

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“Politics is concerned with herds rather than with individuals, and the passions which are important in politics are, therefore, those in which the various members of a given herd can feel alike.”
“A method of child-rearing is not--or should not be--a whim, a fashion or a shibboleth. It should derive from an understanding of the developing child, of his physical and mental equipment at any given stage, and, therefore, his readiness at any given stage to adapt, to learn, to regulate his behavior according to parental expectations.”
“I'm glad we haven't got newspapers now. It's been much nicer without them.”

Source : Nevil Shute (1973). “A Nevil Shute omnibus”
“The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.”

Source : Arthur C. Brooks (2011). “The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future”, p.88, Basic Books
“Because of our Congressional committee system, our government is closer to a gerontocracy than a democracy.”
“Afghanistan is more than the 'graveyard of empires.' It's the mother of vicious circles.”
“In the heat of battle, heroes emerge, sometimes from the most unlikely of sources.”

Source : Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson (2010). “Dune: The Butlerian Jihad”, p.353, Macmillan
“To think at its best is to find oneself carried down the current of necessity.”

Source : Brand Blanshard (2014). “Reason and Analysis”, p.493, Routledge

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