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Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and t

Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science. – 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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I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science. – Paul Nurse

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Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense. – Thomas Huxley

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I dont think theres a date minimum or maximum. I dont get the whole All right, youve got to wait three days to call after the date. If I got a number from a girl, Id call that night. Theres no science to it for me. You just do what it is that you feel like doing. – Channing Tatum

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Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it. – Karen Armstrong

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The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions. – John Ruskin

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