"History without the history of science, to alter slightly an apothegm of Lord Bacon, resembles a statue of Polyphemus without his eye-that very feature being left out which most marks the spirit and life of the person. My own thesis is complementary: science taught ... without a sense of history is robbed of those very qualities that make it worth teaching to the student of the humanities and the social sciences."

-- I. Bernard Cohen

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“I will say that the lead cosmonaut trainer - I mean, we were working with professional cosmonaut trainers outside of Moscow. And the lead one, at the end of the project, announced to the entire group that he wanted Trish [Sie] to be on his team forevermore.”

Source : "OK Go Drops New Zero-Gravity Video". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. February 14, 2016.
“I tended to emphasize the secular, the casual, the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred.”
“Having to struggle gave me the chance to demonstrate strength of character.”

Source : Elizabeth Moon (2004). “The Speed of Dark: A Novel”, p.140, Ballantine Books
“As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are.”
“I was educated privately for free because I was a scholarship girl, 100% scholarship girl. I got it on my own merits. I would never dispute that I am a privileged person. Nevertheless, when I started work I made 11 grand a year. I got my book deal on my own, my father didn't write those books for me, I did all of that entirely on my own. I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me like a peerage. I worked hard and was elected. So my achievements, such as they are, are my own.”
“You see things really different when your father is so intimately, so indisputably in charge of your continued existence on the planet.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“We must care. We must all care. And while I am working, while the governments is working, so must the people also work.”
“I wanted to make some music with deeper meaning mixed with the fun and cool stuff I've been doing for so long.”

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