 Science Newsletter January 22, 2007 |
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Science Quotes
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"The creative person pays close attention to what appears discordant and contradictory... and is challenged by such irregularities."
"You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
"There are children playing in the street who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago."
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