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Quote by Thomas Huxley
My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fa

My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. – Thomas Huxley

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The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals. – Thomas Huxley

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Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact. – Thomas Huxley

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We have mountain of debt that isnt going away and all the problems are here to stay, and anybody who tells you that is a good thing ought to get out of the business of helping the government down the road. – Rick Santelli

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Its a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I havent got any other business interests. – Rupert Murdoch

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I want to tell my jokes. I want to have time with my children. I want to entertain people. And at one point, Ill walk away from show business. But I dont want to walk away empty-handed. – Dave Chappelle

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The great leaders are like the best conductors – they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players. – Blaine Lee

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Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. – Red Skelton

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