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I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progres

I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity. – Paul Nurse

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I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy. – Paul Nurse

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Politics
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I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded. – Paul Nurse

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Science
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Better understanding of the natural world not only enhances all of us as human beings, but can also be harnessed for the better good, leading to improved health and quality of life. – Paul Nurse

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Health
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I had people in my life who didnt give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me. – Temple Grandin

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Science

The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it. – Edward de Bono

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Science

Anecdotal thinking comes naturally science requires training. – Michael Shermer

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Science

We do a hard fantasy as well as hard science fiction, and I think I probably single-handedly recreated military science fiction. It was dead before I started working in it. – Jerry Pournelle

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Science

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This is a government of the people, by the people and for the people no longer. It is a government of corporations, by corporations, and for corporations. – Rutherford B. Hayes

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Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that a child cannot do much harm one way or another. – Robert Benchley

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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. – Texan Proverb

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I am, in point of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive person, of pre-Adamite ancestral descent. You will understand this when I tell you that I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule. – W. S. Gilbert

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