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Paul D. Boyer

"The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds."

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"The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds."

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"When he finished, he drank from the cup. Everyone else did too, so I followed suit.And nearly choked to death.It was like fire in liquid form. It took every ounce of strength I had to swallow it and not spray it on those around me."Wh...what is this?" I asked, coughing.Viktoria grinned. "Vodka."I peered at the glass. "No, it isn't. I've had vodka before.""Not Russian vodka."Apparently not."

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"We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions!"

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"The joy of acting for me is to be able to experience emotions in a safe environment. You can't scream and cry in the street because everybody will look. If you do it on a movie set, you get applauded."

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"I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth."

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"Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience."

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"As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself."

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"I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy."

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"Experience really does make you better, man."

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"Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience."

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"The geographical isolation and lack of television made world happenings and problems seem remote."
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