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A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I think anyone about to leave one job not surprisingly would use their knowledge, their experience, their skills drawn from their previous positions to try and earn a living in the future. Thats what happens in all interviews. – Geoff Hoon

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The idea of trying to create things that last – forever knowledge – has guided my work for a long time now. – Edward Tufte

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Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. – Lord Chesterfield

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It’s my luck that every time I feel I completely comprehend God’s plan, I don’t have a pencil with me. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Democracy is worth dying for, because its the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. – Ronald Reagan

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It starts with campaign finance reform. – Zack Space

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It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years. – Stephen Hawking

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