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Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. – Thomas Huxley

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The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. – Thomas Huxley

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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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A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets. – Steve Jobs

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No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. – Aristotle

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Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn. – Joseph Addison

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Im sorry, its true. Having children really changes your view on these things. Were born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. Its been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much – if at all. – Steve Jobs

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