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Science's success did not need a God to explain it; the world was enough. (Gregory Benford)
Data always overruled theory. View quote
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Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. View quote
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Definitions had to be like a fat man's belt - big enough to cover the subject but elastic enough to allow for change. View quote
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Nobody out here was going to find an alternative here to Earth's tiresome clash of selfish individualisms and stifling collectivisms. View quote
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Puzzled frowns in the audience. Science reporters they might be, but high school chemistry was going a bit too deep for most. View quote
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He's an order of magnitude better than mere diplomats. He's a conniver. View quote
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Not sure. When don't know, do experiment. View quote
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After weeks of indoor work it actually felt good to be doing something-clean, direct, muscles and mind. View quote
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Exercise erased cares. View quote
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The people who built the space program - both Soviet and U.S. - were readers of science fiction. (Gregory Benford)
Y'know, fact that nobody understands you doesn't mean you're some kinda genius. View quote
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His Marxism, which remained his only irrational faith throughout his life, told him that surely the United States could never be a positive influence. View quote
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If you are losing at a game, change the game. View quote
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The biggest mistake is being too afraid of making one. View quote
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When the chemistry is right, all the experiments work. View quote
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Ugliness is nature's contraceptive. View quote
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In a tough situation, don't avoid acting just because it's easier or comfortable. Don't lapse into a passive state. People who give up, die. View quote
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Deep ignorance, but still a kind that knew its limits. The limits were crucial. View quote
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You know, my dear, you're wrong that suffering ennobles people. View quote
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Congress came to see NASA primarily as a jobs program, not an exploratory agency. (Gregory Benford)
I like audacious ideas. View quote
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You had to form for yourself a lucid language for the world, to overcome the battering of experience, to replace everyday life's pain and harshness and wretched dreariness with - no not with certainty but with an ignorance you could live with. Deep ignorance, but still a kind that knew its limits. The limits were crucial. View quote
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She had once looked up the term ‘lawyer' and found it was someone who helped you fight laws. View quote
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It was an example of what he thought of as the Law of Controversy: Passion was inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. View quote
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