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You cannot disturb the tiniest petal of a flower without the troubling of a distant star.


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There once was a brainy baboon, Who always breathed down a bassoon, For he said, It appears That in billions of years I shall certainly hit on a tune.

There once was a brainy baboon, Who always breathed down a bassoon, For he said, It appears That in billions of years I shall certainly hit on a tune.



If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum.

If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum.



The idea of a universal mind or Logos would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific theory.

The idea of a universal mind or Logos would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific theory.



Whatever else there may be in our nature, responsibility toward truth is one of its attributes.

Whatever else there may be in our nature, responsibility toward truth is one of its attributes.



The pursuit of truth in science transcends national boundaries. It takes us beyond hatred and anger and fear. It is the best of us.

The pursuit of truth in science transcends national boundaries. It takes us beyond hatred and anger and fear. It is the best of us.



It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.



We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'.

We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'.



Do not put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.

Do not put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.



I ask you to look both ways. For the road to a knowledge of the stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has been reached through the stars.

I ask you to look both ways. For the road to a knowledge of the stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has been reached through the stars.



It is reasonable to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.

It is reasonable to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.





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Any love that is solely based on physical beauty, is a stranger to longevity.

Any love that is solely based on physical beauty, is a stranger to longevity.



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I realized that I'm a child."William looked point-blank at her chest. "No.




Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.



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If there is a believe that is capable to move mountains it is the believe in our own strength.



There are many children who need help, and anyone who wants to reach out and adopt a child from foster care or from a Russian orphanage should reach out and do it.

There are many children who need help, and anyone who wants to reach out and adopt a child from foster care or from a Russian orphanage should reach out and do it.



I believe, assume the power to decide more political than legal issues in nature, the people naturally focus less on the law and more on the lawyers that are chosen really to administer the law.

I believe, assume the power to decide more political than legal issues in nature, the people naturally focus less on the law and more on the lawyers that are chosen really to administer the law.



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I am the Vietcong. We are everywhere! We are all Vietcong.




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