"One of the most insidious and nefarious properties of scientific models is their tendency to take over, and sometimes supplant, reality."

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Source : Erwin Chargaff (1978). “Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature”, p.172, Paul & Company Pub Consortium

Erwin Chargaff

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“I see History as a relay race in which one of us, before dropping in his tracks, must carry one stage further the challenge of being a man.”

Source : Romain Gary (1961). “PROMISE AT DAWN”
“Photographs are but one link in a potentially endless chain of reduplication; themselves duplicates (of both their objects and, in a sense, their negatives), they are also subject to further duplication, either through the procedures of printing or as objects of still other photographs.”

Source : Craig Owens, Scott Stewart Bryson (1994). “Beyond Recognition: Representation, Power, and Culture”, p.26, Univ of California Press
“It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.”
“Soft rock music isnâ€™t rock, and it ainâ€™t music. Itâ€™s just soft.”
“Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.”

Source : Frank Moore Colby (1926). “The pursuit of humor and other essays”
“How painful it is to find that my figure can be of no help to my future... how painful to see it rejected on account of a slanderous suspicion!”
“Spiritual Practice involves being constantly aware”
“Structure is translation software for your imagination.”

Source : James Scott Bell (2016). “Just Write: Creating Unforgettable Fiction and a Rewarding Writing Life”, p.127, "F+W Media, Inc."

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