"There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery."

Discovery, Result

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"There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery."

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"To get where you want to go, the first question you always have to answer is Where am I? ... We only find out where we are when we find out where He is. We only find ourselves... when we find Him."

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

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"But that was what research and development were like. Full of semi-triumphs and perplexing unforeseen consequences like the whole violent hiccuping thing when conjuring up fire - or the propensity for fillings to fall out of bystanders' teeth when attempting to tease a rainstorm out of a cloud."

Jasper Fforde, British Novelist

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"A man's errors are his portals of discovery."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

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"You certainly usually find something if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"He and I suddenly saw the whole country like an oyster for us to open; and the pearl was there, the pearl was there."

Jack Kerouac, American Novelist

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"We all seek for lost things within us."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"Every symbol, word, concept, discipline and field is only a temporary rest stop on the highway of discovery."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Discovery, Inspirational, Wisdom, Truth, Future

"Current science and technology have unlocked all mysteries.We make sense of it in a gradual process under law and order."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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