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"Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace."

"Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace."

Norman Borlaug, American Scientist

Peace, Time, Desire, Justice

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"An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem."

"An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem."

John Tukey, American Scientist

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"When I entered medical physics in 1958 there were fewer than 100 in the U.S. and I could see many opportunities to apply my knowledge of nuclear physics."

"When I entered medical physics in 1958 there were fewer than 100 in the U.S. and I could see many opportunities to apply my knowledge of nuclear physics."

John Cameron, American Scientist

Medical, Knowledge, Physics

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"We grow in time to trust the future for our answers."

"We grow in time to trust the future for our answers."

Ruth Benedict, American Scientist

Time, Trust, Answers, Future

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"Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich."

"Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich."

Richard Ernst, Swiss Scientist

Technology, Enthusiasm, Expectations, Famous

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"The hardest problems of pure and applied science can only be solved by the open collaboration of the world-wide scientific community."

"The hardest problems of pure and applied science can only be solved by the open collaboration of the world-wide scientific community."

Kenneth G. Wilson, American Scientist

Science, Collaboration, Community, Open

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"Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness."

"Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness."

Alfred Nobel, Swedish Scientist

Nature, Truth, Hope

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"I did help to set up an undergraduate course in medicinal chemistry and made progress in modelling and analysing pharmacological activity at the tissue level, my new passion."

"I did help to set up an undergraduate course in medicinal chemistry and made progress in modelling and analysing pharmacological activity at the tissue level, my new passion."

James W. Black, Scottish Scientist

Progress, Help, Passion

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"To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something."

"To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something."

Maxwell Maltz, American Scientist

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"Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions."

"Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions."

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

Earth, Nothing, Now

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"Nothing happens quite by chance. It's a question of accretion of information and experience."

"Nothing happens quite by chance. It's a question of accretion of information and experience."

Jonas Salk, American Scientist

Experience, Chance, Information, Nothing

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"The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry."

"The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry."

Jim Fowler, American Scientist

Argument, Economics, Open, Space

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"Evolution is true, it happens, it is the way the world is, and we too are one of its products. This does not mean that evolution does not have metaphysical implications; I remain convinced that this is the case."

"Evolution is true, it happens, it is the way the world is, and we too are one of its products. This does not mean that evolution does not have metaphysical implications; I remain convinced that this is the case."

Simon Conway Morris, British Scientist

Evolution, World

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"Instead of following one another the sounds overlap; a sound which is acoustically perceived as coming after another one can be articulated simultaneously with the latter or even in part before it."

"Instead of following one another the sounds overlap; a sound which is acoustically perceived as coming after another one can be articulated simultaneously with the latter or even in part before it."

Roman Jakobson, Russian Scientist

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"I cannot afford to waste my time making money."

"I cannot afford to waste my time making money."

Louis Agassiz, Swiss Scientist

Money, Time, Waste

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"The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer."

"The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer."

Thomas J. Watson, American Scientist

Power, Trust, Building, Customer

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"The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language."

"The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language."

Donald Knuth, American Scientist

Language, Name, Now, Programming

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"No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man."

"No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

Freedom, Slavery, Will

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"When David Marr at MIT moved into computer vision, he generated a lot of excitement, but he hit up against the problem of knowledge representation; he had no good representations for knowledge in his vision systems."

"When David Marr at MIT moved into computer vision, he generated a lot of excitement, but he hit up against the problem of knowledge representation; he had no good representations for knowledge in his vision systems."

Marvin Minsky, American Scientist

Knowledge, Vision, Computer, Excitement

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"I've been looking at the iPod- the Apple iPod. One of the interesting things about the iPod, one of the things that people love most about it is not the technology; it's the box it comes in."

"I've been looking at the iPod- the Apple iPod. One of the interesting things about the iPod, one of the things that people love most about it is not the technology; it's the box it comes in."

Donald Norman, American Scientist

Love, People, Technology

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"All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know."

"All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know."

Alexis Carrel, French Scientist

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"I was in love with my wife and she was in love with me. We got along wonderfully."

"I was in love with my wife and she was in love with me. We got along wonderfully."

Sam Sheppard, American Scientist

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"We have spoken of beings so low in the scale that the individuals throughout their whole existence are not sufficiently specialized to be distinctively plant or animal: yet these are definite life in simpler shape."

"We have spoken of beings so low in the scale that the individuals throughout their whole existence are not sufficiently specialized to be distinctively plant or animal: yet these are definite life in simpler shape."

Asa Gray, American Scientist

Life, Existence

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"I do not yet know why plants come out of the land or float in streams, or creep on rocks or roll from the sea. I am entranced by the mystery of them, and absorbed by their variety and kinds. Everywhere they are visible yet everywhere occult."

"I do not yet know why plants come out of the land or float in streams, or creep on rocks or roll from the sea. I am entranced by the mystery of them, and absorbed by their variety and kinds. Everywhere they are visible yet everywhere occult."

Liberty Hyde Bailey, American Scientist

Land, Mystery, Plants, Sea

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"A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not a pen."

"A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not a pen."

Paul Graham, American Scientist

Thought, Language, Pen, Programming

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"If we intensify our efforts we can have a cloned baby within a year or two, but I don't know whether we can intensify our efforts to that extent. We're not really under pressure to deliver a cloned baby to this world. What we are under pressure to do is to deliver a cloned baby that is a healthy one."

"If we intensify our efforts we can have a cloned baby within a year or two, but I don't know whether we can intensify our efforts to that extent. We're not really under pressure to deliver a cloned baby to this world. What we are under pressure to do is to deliver a cloned baby that is a healthy one."

Panayiotis Zavos, Greek Scientist

Baby, Pressure, World

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"It does not seem, however, that organic chemists were much worried about barriers to rotation in organic molecules in general at that time because there was no technique available to demonstrate the phenomenon experimentally."

"It does not seem, however, that organic chemists were much worried about barriers to rotation in organic molecules in general at that time because there was no technique available to demonstrate the phenomenon experimentally."

Derek Barton, British Scientist

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"During my early years at Minnesota I conducted an evening enzyme seminar."

"During my early years at Minnesota I conducted an evening enzyme seminar."

Paul D. Boyer, American Scientist

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"I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas."

"I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas."

Jack Kilby, American Scientist

People, Ideas, Beginning, Trying

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"Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth."

"Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth."

Jack Schwartz, American Scientist

Truth, Belief, Concern, Will

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"It took them only an instant to cut of that head, but it is unlikely that a hundred years will suffice to reproduce a singular one."

"It took them only an instant to cut of that head, but it is unlikely that a hundred years will suffice to reproduce a singular one."

Antoine Lavoisier, French Scientist

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"My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race."

"My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race."

K. Eric Drexler, American Scientist

Technology, Attention, Concern, Public

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"Patriotism is in itself a kind of religion: it does not reason, but it acts from the impulse of faith and sentiment."

"Patriotism is in itself a kind of religion: it does not reason, but it acts from the impulse of faith and sentiment."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Patriotism, Faith, Action, Sentiment

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"To-day it appears as though it may well be altogether abolished in the future as it has to some extent been mitigated in the past by the unceasing, and as it now appears, unlimited ascent of man to knowledge, and through knowledge to physical power and dominion over Nature."

"To-day it appears as though it may well be altogether abolished in the future as it has to some extent been mitigated in the past by the unceasing, and as it now appears, unlimited ascent of man to knowledge, and through knowledge to physical power and dominion over Nature."

Frederick Soddy, English Scientist

Nature, Power, Knowledge, Future

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"But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers."

"But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers."

William Robertson Smith, Scottish Scientist

Religion, Force, Mythology

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"I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in a circle."

"I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in a circle."

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

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"People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in this pool of common meaning which is capable of constant development and change."

"People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in this pool of common meaning which is capable of constant development and change."

David Bohm, American Scientist

Change, People, Development, Meaning

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"The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e.g. water, and hence its properties can alter without a change in composition was disposed of by the formal view that a physical, not a chemical, process was involved."

"The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e.g. water, and hence its properties can alter without a change in composition was disposed of by the formal view that a physical, not a chemical, process was involved."

Wilhelm Ostwald, German Scientist

Change, Fact, Water

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"I think we can allow the therapeutic uses of nuclear transplant technology, which we call cloning, without running the danger of actually having live human beings born."

"I think we can allow the therapeutic uses of nuclear transplant technology, which we call cloning, without running the danger of actually having live human beings born."

David Baltimore, American Scientist

Technology, Danger, Running

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"With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use."

"With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use."

Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish Scientist

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"Science is not a game in which arbitrary rules are used to decide what explanations are to be permitted."

"Science is not a game in which arbitrary rules are used to decide what explanations are to be permitted."

Michael Behe, American Scientist

Science, Explanations, Rules

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"People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections."

"People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections."

Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

Thought, People, Today

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"The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II."

"The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II."

Barry Commoner, American Scientist

War, Environment, World, World war

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"America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."

"America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Society, Goodness, Patriotism, Values, Ethics

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"Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary."

"Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary."

Margaret Mead, American Scientist

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"If you think the products don't match what you want from a product, don't buy it."

"If you think the products don't match what you want from a product, don't buy it."

Donald Norman, American Scientist

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"There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness."

"There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness."

Liberty Hyde Bailey, American Scientist

Happiness, Dream, Excellence, Labor

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"We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy."

"We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy."

Ralph Merkle, American Scientist

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"So holding many factors constant, we find that living in a civilization reduces one's chances of being a victim of violence fivefold."

"So holding many factors constant, we find that living in a civilization reduces one's chances of being a victim of violence fivefold."

Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

Society, Civilization, Safety, Observation, Statistics

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"What we are doing is taking advantage of the broadband Internet to provide basically unlimited free calls to anyone at a higher voice quality than they can with the phone lines."

"What we are doing is taking advantage of the broadband Internet to provide basically unlimited free calls to anyone at a higher voice quality than they can with the phone lines."

Niklas Zennstrom, Swedish Scientist

Quality, Internet, Voice

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