The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.
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Mathematics   
Science   
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The World is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything.
Subject:
Life   
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The more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks.
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Technology   
Science   
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Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
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Intelligence   
Work:
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You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
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Science   
Engineering   
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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
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Nature   
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It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
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War   
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Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.
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Freedom   
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Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
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Common Sense   
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True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
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Art   
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Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.
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Science   
Politics   
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If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
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Facts   
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The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
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Knowledge   
Talent   
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If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
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Truth   
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The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.
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Taxes   
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The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
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Creativity   
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Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events.
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Memory   
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Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
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Courage   
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Quantum mechanics is very impressive. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory yields a lot, but it hardly brings us any closer to the secret of the Old One.
Subject:
Technology   
Science   
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Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
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Appearance & Attitudes   
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