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Since Hiroshima and the Holocaust, science no longer holds its pri

Since Hiroshima and the Holocaust, science no longer holds its pristine place as the highest moral authority. Instead, that role is taken by human rights. It follows that any assault on Jewish life – on Jews or Judaism or the Jewish state – must be cast in the language of human rights. – Jonathan Sacks

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Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesnt help us know what to say. – Jonathan Sacks

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A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not. – Jonathan Sacks

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Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle, an overnight increase in gold reserves, a new oil field, or the next world-changing communications technology? Surely thats not too much to ask. – Jonathan Sacks

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Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. – Claude Bernard

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Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting. – James D. Watson

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A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation. – Max Gluckman, Politics, Law and Ritual, 1965

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Ive started a company, called Tall Girl Productions, and weve got our first project that is purely producing, not writing, with a writer named Evan Daugherty. Its for NBC, its called Afterthought, and its science fiction-ish. Thats fun. – Melissa Rosenberg

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