"Philosophy is this amazing technique we've devised for getting reality to answer us back when we're getting it wrong. Science itself can't make those arguments. You actually have to rely on philosophy, on philosophy of science."

-- Rebecca Goldstein

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“I was horrible at science and math. I couldn't pass a test to save my life! I'm surprised that it didn't take me until I was 20 to graduate. That's why my role is so cool - Grissom is the complete opposite of me.”
“Construction is a matter of optimism; its a matter of facing the future with confidence.”
“Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons.”
“The doctrine of Christ enjoins men, all brothers in His eyes, to love one another.”
“There are too many other barriers to success in life to allow a lack of self-confidence to be one of them.”

Source : "Ladies, Let’s Aim for the Top of the Podium" by Julie Foucher, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 21, 2013.
“For Members of Congress, we are saying here on the Democratic side of the aisle we are not going to vote for another pay increase for Members of Congress until the American people get an increase.”
“As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.”
“George has only got to ring me. His imagination is so wonderful, I'd do any character he might create.”

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