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Michael E.
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Newton showed that natural phenomena are (often) governed by mathematical patterns, and by understanding these patterns we can improve our understanding of nature. In Newton’s era the mathematical laws explained what was happening in the
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“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
― Crome Yellow
― Crome Yellow
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
[Address at Rice University, September 12 1962]”
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[Address at Rice University, September 12 1962]”
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“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
― Foundation
― Foundation
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