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"There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history."
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"History likewise shows that sometimes the 'monetary standard of the victors' can prove to be very bad. There have seldom been more brilliant victories than those eventually achieved by the American insurgents under Washington against the English troops. But the American 'continental" dollar did not benefit from them. The more proudly the star-spangled banner rose on high, the lower did the exchange-rate fall, until, at the very moment when the victory of the rebels was secured, the dollar became entirely valueless. The course of events was no different not long afterwards in France. In spite of the victories of the revolutionary army, the metal premium rose."

"History must be documented, every moment is a sacred history."

"Once upon a time, there was a civilization in the eastern side of the world. It was one of the most advanced civilizations on the planet that existed during that time.This civilization was the glorious Indus valley civilization. No, I am not talking about India. I am talking about the land of greatness that got lost in time. Today, in the same geographical location of that great civilization, we have a piece of earth, which is known as "India. But do not mistake it to be the same glorious land that existed thousands of years ago, along with other magnificent civilizations, such as the Greeks, the Mayans, the Egyptians, the Babylonians etc."

"It comes to this then: there always have been people like me and always will be, and generally they have been persecuted."
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"We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA."

"NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the earth and sun and deflect 2 or 3 percent of the sunshine back into space. It would be cheaper than the international space station."

"You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job."

"I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty."

"Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number of scientists was a tiny proportion of what it is now."

"I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price for it."

"Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem."
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