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One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the

One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen. – Robert A. Heinlein

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The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue. – David Hume

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The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune. – Bruce Springsteen

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People dont always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history. – Caroline Kennedy

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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. – Benjamin Disraeli

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