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It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and t

It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways. – Paul Nurse

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I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy. – Paul Nurse

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Politics
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I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded. – Paul Nurse

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Science
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I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity. – Paul Nurse

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Science
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Do you remember when you found out you wouldnt live forever? People dont talk about this, but everybody had to go through it because youre not born with that knowledge. – David Cronenberg

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Knowledge has a beginning but no end. – Geeta S. Iyengar

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Knowledge

To be educated, a person doesnt have to know much or be informed, but he or she does have to have been exposed vulnerably to the transformative events of an engaged human life. – Thomas More

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Knowledge

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. – John Locke

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Knowledge

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The question is this — Is man an ape or an angel? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence these new fanged theories. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Dont think of it as failure. Think of it as time-released success. – Robert Orben

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