Quote by Clyde Tombaugh
I think theres a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intellig

I think theres a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you dont have to think about it. – Clyde Tombaugh

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It was depressing, very depressing. I worried about how I would make a living. I didnt want to stay on the farm. It didnt offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt that I was really out of luck. – Clyde Tombaugh

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Education
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A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isnt healthy either. So one has to work it out according to ones own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things. – Clyde Tombaugh

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Science
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Thats the way I got along in life. I dont ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I cant do it myself, I dont deserve to get it. – Clyde Tombaugh

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I do not want to go into its physical reasons: the construction of the human body is different from that of carnivorous animals. But mans intelligence is such that it can be utilised to defend any-thing he does, whether right or wrong. – Morarji Desai

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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others. – Michel de Montaigne

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The ability to take pleasure in ones life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence. So intelligence is a hard thing to evaluate and it manifests itself in so many different ways. I do think the ability to know how to live a life and not be miserable is a sign of that. – Todd Solondz

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I mean enormous pressure was brought to bear – Valerie Amos, Lady Amos, went round Africa with people from our intelligence services trying to press them. I had to make sure that we didnt promise a misuse of aid in a way that would be illegal. – Clare Short

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