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“To love is good, too: love being difficult. For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.”
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“Because scientists are reasonable men, one or another argument will ultimately persuade many of them. But there is no single argument that can or should persuade them all. Rather than a single group conversion, what occurs is an increasing shift in the distribution of professional allegiances.”
― The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
― The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
“No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.”
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“Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity.”
― Herzog
― Herzog
“Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities.”
― The Adventures of Augie March
― The Adventures of Augie March
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