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"Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment."
Charles Lamb
"Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment."
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"Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity."
Mary Leakey
"Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity."
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"Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning."
William Arthur Ward
"Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning."
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"As a writer, I've always been interested in others."
Antonio Tabucchi
"As a writer, I've always been interested in others."
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"You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh."
John Singer Sargent
"You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh."
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"Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last."
William Samuel Johnson
"Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last."
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"Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in its practical applications."
Hermann von Helmholtz
"Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in its practical applications."
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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."
Clarence Day
"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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"The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."
Bertrand Russell
"The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."
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"The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity."
Edmund Burke
"The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity."
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"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."
A. A. Milne
"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."
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"Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last."
Samuel Johnson
"Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last."
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"Curiosity is the lust of the mind."
Thomas Hobbes
"Curiosity is the lust of the mind."
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"Then the Dean repeated the mantra that has had such a marked effect on the progress of knowledge throughout the ages."Why don't we just mix up absolutely everything and see what happens? he said.And Ridcully responded with the traditional response."It's got to be worth a try, he said."
Terry Pratchett
"Then the Dean repeated the mantra that has had such a marked effect on the progress of knowledge throughout the ages."Why don't we just mix up absolutely everything and see what happens? he said.And Ridcully responded with the traditional response."It's got to be worth a try, he said."
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"Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are."
Penelope Lively
"Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are."
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"Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret."
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"Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world."
Vincent Canby
"Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world."
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"Curiosity is the fire of desires that burns the dust to reveal the diamond."
Debasish Mridha
"Curiosity is the fire of desires that burns the dust to reveal the diamond."
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"Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance."
William Wirt
"Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance."
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"The curiosity to see the prisoners appears to be unabated."
Lewis Tappan
"The curiosity to see the prisoners appears to be unabated."
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"The young generation has a different curiosity that is more visual."
Jurgen Klinsmann
"The young generation has a different curiosity that is more visual."
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"Oprah has this intense curiosity that I haven't found with any interviewer."
Genevieve Gorder
"Oprah has this intense curiosity that I haven't found with any interviewer."
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"Everybody's after a new morning. What do we have to run up and salute tomorrow?"
Robert Stone
"Everybody's after a new morning. What do we have to run up and salute tomorrow?"
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"I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity."
Bryant McGill
"I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity."
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"Touch a scientist and you touch a child."
Ray Bradbury
"Touch a scientist and you touch a child."
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"I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens."
Colleen McCullough
"I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens."
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"It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it."
Robert Louis Stevenson
"It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it."
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"An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment."
David Attenborough
"An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment."
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"I ask people impertinent questions. Hopefully turning up pertinent answers."
Jim Butcher
"I ask people impertinent questions. Hopefully turning up pertinent answers."
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"The Doktor was an old man. When he was a kid, his Dad bought him a chemistry set. He never played with silly putty like the other kids. The first time he lost his eyebrows he was only five."
Christina Engela
"The Doktor was an old man. When he was a kid, his Dad bought him a chemistry set. He never played with silly putty like the other kids. The first time he lost his eyebrows he was only five."
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"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."
Jim Butcher
"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."
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"Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing."
James Harvey Robinson
"Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing."
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"It's rude to stare," said the troll. Its mouth opened with a little crest of foam, and shut again in exactly the same way that water closes over a stone. "Is it? Why?" asked Rincewind. How does he hold himself together, his mind screamed at him. Why doesn't he spill?"
Terry Pratchett
"It's rude to stare," said the troll. Its mouth opened with a little crest of foam, and shut again in exactly the same way that water closes over a stone. "Is it? Why?" asked Rincewind. How does he hold himself together, his mind screamed at him. Why doesn't he spill?"
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"Keeping the box closed just keeps you in the dark, not the universe... but failing to open the box doesn't kill the cat."
John Green
"Keeping the box closed just keeps you in the dark, not the universe... but failing to open the box doesn't kill the cat."
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"Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference."
Sydney J. Harris
"Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference."
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"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."
Shannon L. Alder
"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."
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"You have to be passionately curious in life."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"You have to be passionately curious in life."
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"Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery."
Victor Hugo
"Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery."
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"Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world."
Aaron Klug
"Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world."
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"Poets have to be sensitive to their audience, but it does not mean that they censor themselves. I realise my audience is diverse. Some will read with empathy and curiosity while others will take offense."
John Barton
"Poets have to be sensitive to their audience, but it does not mean that they censor themselves. I realise my audience is diverse. Some will read with empathy and curiosity while others will take offense."
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"My own curiosity and interest are insatiable."
Emma Lazarus
"My own curiosity and interest are insatiable."
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"My invention, (the motion picture camera), can be exploited... as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no commercial value whatsoever."
Auguste Lumiere
"My invention, (the motion picture camera), can be exploited... as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no commercial value whatsoever."
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"Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect."
Samuel Johnson
"Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect."
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"For infants and toddlers learning and living are the same thing. If they feel secure, treasured, loved, their own energy and curiosity will bring them new understanding and new skills."
Amy Laura Dombro
"For infants and toddlers learning and living are the same thing. If they feel secure, treasured, loved, their own energy and curiosity will bring them new understanding and new skills."
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"I have this extraordinary curiosity about all subjects of the natural and human world and the interaction between the physical sciences and the social sciences."
Ian Hacking
"I have this extraordinary curiosity about all subjects of the natural and human world and the interaction between the physical sciences and the social sciences."
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"That ere long, now that curiosity has been so much excited on this subject, some human remains will be detected in the older alluvium of European valleys, I confidently expect."
Charles Lyell
"That ere long, now that curiosity has been so much excited on this subject, some human remains will be detected in the older alluvium of European valleys, I confidently expect."
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"Whilst people have answered questions, I have only heard my own voice thinking of the next question."
Chris Murray
"Whilst people have answered questions, I have only heard my own voice thinking of the next question."
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"Whenever you are examining someone else's belongings, you are bound to learn many interesting things about the person of which you were not previously aware."
Lemony Snicket
"Whenever you are examining someone else's belongings, you are bound to learn many interesting things about the person of which you were not previously aware."
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"Curiosity is my great vice. I fear you have seen through to the heart of me, and now seek to exploit my weakness."
George R. R. Martin
"Curiosity is my great vice. I fear you have seen through to the heart of me, and now seek to exploit my weakness."
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"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
Walt Disney
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
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