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I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.

Great believer In luck The harder I work
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In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

Ancient times No statistics Fall back On lies
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There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

Two things Ordinary conversation People dislike Information
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I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

Detest Life insurance Always argue Some day
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Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism--and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency.

Skepticism The agent Organized irrationalism Human social
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Life is short, and potential studies infinite. We have a much better chance of accomplishing something significant when we follow our passionate interests and work in areas of deepest personal meaning.

Life Is short Potential studies Infinite
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Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information; it is a creative human activity.

Science Heartless pursuit Objective information Creative
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When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.

People learn Judgment Their hopes Political manipulation
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People talk about human intelligence as the greatest adaptation in the history of the planet. It is an amazing and marvelous thing, but in evolutionary terms, it is as likely to do us in as to help us along.

Human intelligence Greatest adaptation The history The planet
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Nothing matches the holiness and fascination of accurate and intricate detail.

Nothing matches The holiness Fascination Accurate intricate detail
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If we use the past only to creature heroes for present purposes, we will never understand the richness of human thought or the plurality of ways of knowing.

We use The past Creature heroes Present purpose
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Alter any event, ever so slightly and without apparent importance at the time, and evolution cascades into radically different channel.

Alter Any event Apparent importance The time
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We must categorize and simplify in order to comprehend. But the reduction of complexity entails a great danger, since the line between enlightening epitome and vulgarized distortion is so fine.

Must categorized Simplify Comprehend The reduction
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Evolution is one of the two or three most primally fascinating subjects in all the sciences.

Evolution Fascinating subjects The sciences
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A lot of scientists hate writing. Most scientists love being in the lab and doing the work and when the work is done, they are finished.

Scientist Hate writing Love being The lab
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At a minimum, in explaining evolutionary pathways through time, the constraints imposed by history rise to equal prominence with the immediate advantages of adaptation.

A minimum Evolutionary pathways Through time Constraints imposed
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Death is the ultimate enemy - and I find nothing reproachable in those who rage mightily against the dying of the light.

Death The ultimate enemy Nothing reproachable Rage mightily
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Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival.

The mirror Be tempted To equate Transient domination
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All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence.I had to place myself amidst the variation.

Evolutionary biologists Variation itself Is nature's Irreducible essence
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Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at all. This claim is rhetorical nonsense.

Creationist critics That evolution Be tested Be viewed
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What you see is that the most outstanding feature of life's history is a constant domination by bacteria.

Outstanding feature Life's history Constant domination By bacteria
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Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Look up The star Your feet Make sense
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However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

Difficult life May seem Always something Can do
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Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.

Values Give rise Universes Very beautiful
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We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.

In danger Destroying ourselves Our greedy Increasingly polluted
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I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.

Computer viruses Should court As life Human nature
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There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end of the search for the ultimate laws of nature.

Are grounds Cautious optimism Ultimate laws Nature
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I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

Even people Claim everything Is predestined Change it
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Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.

Was horrible The survival Human race Nuclear weapons
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There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet.

Many accident Befall life Single planet
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We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.

Intelligent life Might develop
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There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

No heaven Broken down Computers Fairy story
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We should seek the greatest value of our action.

Greatest value Our action
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I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective

I believe Everyone Broad picture Universe operate
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Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren't equipped to visualize 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it's just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four.

Evolution Has ensured Our brains Equipped
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We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.

Have solved The mystery creation Should patent Universe
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Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology and the fundamental equations of physics.

Science Is beautiful Simple explanations Phenomena
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I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be.

Grew up Thinking Research scientist Natural thing
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What was God doing before the divine creation?

God doing Divine creation
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Most people don't have time to master the very mathematical details of theoretical physics.

Most people Have time To master Mathematical details
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Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries later turned out to have great practical benefits.

Throughout history People Have studied Pure science
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The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe.

Cyclic universe Theory Predict no Gravitational waves
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Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest.

Science Lift people Poverty Cure disease
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I am a lover of truth, a worshiper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

A lover Truth Worshiper Freedom
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Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Having Great intellect No path Being happy
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I like to wake up each morning and not know what I think, that I may reinvent myself in some way.

Wake up Each morning I think May reinvent
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Education is the sum of what students teach each other between lectures and seminars.

Education The sum What students Teach
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I'm fat because I'm greedy, and if my mind is fat it's because I'm curious.

Fat Greedy My mind Curious
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A real education takes place, not in the lecture hall or library, but in the rooms of friends, with earnest frolic and happy disputation.

Real education Takes place Lecture hall The rooms
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Life, that can shower you with so much splendor, is unremittingly cruel to those who have given up.

Life Shower you Much splendor Unremittingly cruel
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