Quote by Simon Newcomb
My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men.

My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men. – Simon Newcomb

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The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war. – Simon Newcomb

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Science
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The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of the night or morning and walked two miles to the observatory to make some observation included in the programme. – Simon Newcomb

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Morning
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What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed. – Simon Newcomb

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One of the scary things is that, when youre a kid, you look at your dad as the man who has no fear. When youre an adult, you realize your father had fear, and that you have it, too. – David Duchovny

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My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year. – Tracy Austin

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I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldnt afford it. – Chaske Spencer

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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. Wed play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. Hed read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories. – Danica McKellar

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Love is the greatest touch-up artist of all. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there…. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope. – Edward Abbey

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If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man. – Albert Camus

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I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it’s at its most powerful. – A.S. Byatt