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A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right. Stephen Jay Gould
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Ideas govern the world, or throw it into chaos. Auguste Comte
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That part of Rostrevor which overlooks Carlingford Lough is my idea of Narnia. C. S. Lewis
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I work to promote the idea of sustainable capitalism driven by long-term considerations rather than quarterly profits, which seeks to better people's lives and the planet rather than destroy them. Al Gore
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In many ways ideas are more important than people - they are much more permanent. Charles Kettering
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Gotta head full of ideas that are driving me insane... Bob Dylan
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I learned from my parents the idea that, if you are devoted enough and you want to study something enough, you can really teach yourself anything. Brit Marling
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I have no idea what I'm going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny. Don Rickles
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Eureka! (I have found it!) Archimedes
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I do have a dominant shopping gene but, unlike a reasonable person, I never plan for what I need each season. I enjoy the thrill of the hunt, the discovery and the endless search. In another creation I was, perhaps, a hunter/gatherer. After all these years, I’ve learned that it’s not the end result or finished product but the process I most enjoy. If my experimenting, searching and juxtaposing turns into an exciting outfit well, it’s just a big fat bonus! Iris Apfel
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Her perspective led me into self-discovery. I got to see the other side. Jim Fox
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Competition is like experimentation in science, a discovery process, and it must rely on the self interest of producers, it must allow them to use their knowledge for their purposes, because nobody else possesses the information Friedrich August von Hayek
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It is folly to use as one's guide in the selection of fundamental science the criterion of utility. Not because (scientists)... despise utility. But because. .. useful outcomes are best identified after the making of discoveries, rather than before. John Charles Polanyi
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THE discovery of Truth is the unique mission of man. Man is a mixture of Maya and Madhava; the Maya throws a mist which hides the Madhava. Atharva Veda
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We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between 65 and 75. Dmitri Mendeleev