"Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime."
-Jacob Bronowski
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"We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.“
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"That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer."
-Jacob Bronowski
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"Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved."
-Jacob Bronowski
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"The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself."
-Jacob Bronowski
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"No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power."
-Jacob Bronowski
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"Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature."
-Jacob Bronowski
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"There was a certain point in my life where I had to decide that I was going to take my future and Nicole's and not wallow in what happened to me because when you do that, you just keep repeating what's been happening and at some point you have to make a choice."
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"If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade agreements, we have to make sure those Americans who have suffered as a consequence of past agreements have an effective social safety net, adjustment assistance, opportunities for retraining and new job creation that enables all Americans to thrive."
-Susan Rice
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-Clifford D. Simak
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"The Nuclear Security Summit was President Obama's initiative born out of his vision to leave behind a safer, more prosperous world for the future generation."
-Lee Myung-bak
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