"Possession of a program with unique analytic capabilities puts a scientist in as much of a priveleged position to make new discoveries as the possession of a powerful telescope."

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Source : Heinz R. Pagels (1988). “The dreams of reason: the computer and the rise of the sciences of complexity”, Simon & Schuster

Heinz Pagels

#Powerful Quotes #Unique Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“A lot of people at Shearson ended up making a lot of money because they had stock or stock options. Their kids were able to go to college, and it changed a lot of people's lives.”
“Bilingualism is not an imposition on the citizens. The citizens can go on speaking one language or six languages, or no languages if they so choose. Bilingualism is an imposition on the state and not the citizens.”

Source : "Problems of Journalism". Book by the American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1966.
“Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.”

Source : Akira Kurosawa, Donald Richie (1987). “Rashomon”, p.116, Rutgers University Press
“I'd rather be a silly old fool than a lonely old woman.”
“Later on, there were some problems with our navy, so he made me the head of the navy - all things that I hardly knew anything about. I was basically an ignorant young man.”
“Big voice, big heart - Mary Ellen Wessels is a pleasure to hear.”
“Learn not to be intimidated by important people.”
“God is the perfect poet, Who in his person acts his own creations.”

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