"We suppose that could be considered a hedged position for the awards committee, one that would never occur in the hard sciences such as physics and chemistry, where a prize shared among three with divergent views would be an embarrassing mistake or a bad joke. While a Nobel Prize might well be the culmination of a lifeâ€™s work, shouldnâ€™t the work accurately describe the real world?"

-- Seth Klarman

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“I hope some of your DNA transferred to me.”
“The point is that no matter what you choose to do with your body when you die, it won't, ultimately, be very appealing. If you are inclined to donate yourself to science, you should not let images of dissection or dismemberment put you off. They are no more or less gruesome, in my opinion, than ordinary decay or the sewing shut of your jaws via your nostrils for a funeral viewing.”

Source : Mary Roach (2004). “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers”, p.82, W. W. Norton & Company
“While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.”
“If you make a mistake, clean it up quicker rather than later.”
“I cherished hope, it is true, but it vanished when my person reflected . . .”
“But something cannot be made out of nothing. Dust rose in the air, caught the rays of the sun for a brief moment and sparkled, and then returned to the earth as mere dust.”

Source : David Klass (2007). “You Don't Know Me”, p.199, Macmillan
“We are forever asking Nature whether it has stopped beating its wife.”
“From an Islamic point of view, women are as responsible as men to help people finding their way to God (S.W.T), and to guide society in the right path with all the power they have.”

Source : "The role of a woman I". B ayynat Interview, english.bayynat.org.lb.

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