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I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition.

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I still loved Granny. It flowed out of my chest. With Granny gone, where would my love go?

-- Jessica Maria Tuccelli

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Time is the wisest counselor of all, but Cosmic Ordering is the biggest provider.

-- Stephen Richards

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Then he struggled with the mind; His proud heart he left behind. Now his wars on God begin; At stroke of midnight God shall win. Supernatural Songs, IX, The Four Ages of Man.

-- William Butler Yeats

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I'm writing an unauthorized autobiography.

-- Steven Wright

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We speak in (rich) monotones. Our poetry is haunted by the music it has left behind. Orpheus shrinks to a poet when he looks back, with the impatience of reason, on a music stronger than death.

-- George Steiner

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If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

-- Swami Sivananda

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Science is interesting, and if you don't agree you can fuck off.: Dawkins was quoting a former editor of New Scientist Magazine, who is as yet unidentified (possibly Jeremy Webb)

-- Richard Dawkins

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But I should not have to explain to you how important it is for science and simplicity to coexist. One must not fear to be a little child again, when times of wonder are at hand.

-- Jody Lynn Nye

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It is an absolutely unique success of the church community to have introduced such an epoch-making change, in just a few years, without having a serious division.

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