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Quote by John Ruskin
The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and de

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

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The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most. – John Ruskin

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The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition. – John Ruskin

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The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on science. – Bill Toomey

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As I have tried to show, science, in producing the airplane and the wireless, has created a new international political environment to which governments must adjust their foreign policies. – John Boyd Orr

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When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody quite knew what it was, and most publishers didnt have an adult fantasy list. They had science fiction lists, which they stuck a little bit of fantasy into. – Terri Windling

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Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldnt happen, but other planets. – Margaret Atwood

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That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa. – Haile Gebrselassie

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I was at the end of the studio system so when I walked into movies, I had a magnificent suite in which I had a living room and a kitchen and a complete makeup room. I had everything just for me. With the independents, youre kind of roughing it, literally. – Tippi Hedren

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Although all cat games have their rules and rituals, these vary with the individual player. The cat, of course, never breaks a rule. If it does not follow precedent, that simply means it has created a new rule and it is up to you to learn it quickly if you want the game to continue. – Sidney Denham

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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go. – Galileo Galilei

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