In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. ~Sallust
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. ~Sun Tzu
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. ~Antoine Rivarol
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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Do not try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you. ~Mooji
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. ~Alexander Payne
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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