- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
May Quotes
Words shaped by possibility and doubt.
These may quotes range from an honest admission of lingering insecurity carried from childhood, to a scientific point about how measurement affects what can be known about the past. Another notes that even the clearest concept only applies within limits. Related reflections continue in our April quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.
- Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
Overall, I adhere to the one guiding rule any author writing historical fiction should follow: whatever you describe has to be possible. It may not be common, obvious, or even all that probable, but it absolutely has to be possible.
- Many
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hyper-parenting has many pitfalls. Overprotected and overpraised children may develop an inflated sense of entitlement.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I may not be able to lead my daughters to the altar when they marry, but I know they are in good hands, and all of them.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a significant number of people who appreciate what we do, and most of them gravitate to Analog because this is where they can find it. The other magazines tend to share their audiences, which may result in each of them having a smaller market share.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
We fight a lot, you know, but that's family. We may be dysfunctional but we're still family.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the classroom if the point of introducing it is to recruit your students for the political agenda it may be thought to imply.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is crucial for scientists to be willing to be wrong; otherwise, you might not do the most important experiments, or you may ignore your most important findings.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Insofar as there is an anxiety of influence for a biographer, it may be that each new book is undertaken in reaction to the previous book.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020