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"Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts."
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"He wants to see, he wants to know, only to see and know. I'm aware that it is this mentality, this curiosity, which is responsible for the hydrogen bomb and the imminent demise of civilization and that we would all be better off if we were still at the stone-worshipping stage. Though surely it is not this affable inquisitiveness that should be blamed."

"Why does anybody do anything?" Mimi asked impatiently. "Most of the time we don't know--any of us."

"But here is the thing about the stars and all of it's faults: We don't understand everything about it, but we still love it's beauty and wonder. We know of all the dangers, but we would still go there just because we wanted to touch the stars."

"He had to give humans credit where it was due - they did seem to have a knack for building interesting places for cats to explore."

"Cats like keyboards, people like to explore and to discover new mysteries."

"The courage to ask question is the willingness to know."

"I wonder. Of course maybe that isn't what they figure to do. Maybe they aren't going to do any such thing. But it's natural that's what they would do and I heard that word."

"Being curious is the most important part of being a journalist. It might be the most important part of being anything."
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"A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health."

"Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character."
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