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i believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads. George Santayana
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it has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. Albert Einstein
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i am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours. John F. Kennedy
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those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allan Poe
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the best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too. Paul Allan
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thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work. Mark Twain
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clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life. William Faulkner
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there be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; i dare not say, myself, but i will tell of the street. H.P. Lovecraft
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light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. it does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. it gives of itself and is not thereby diminished. Michael Strassfeld
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i'm saying look, here they come, pay attention. let your eyes transform what appears ordinary, commonplace, into what it is, a moment in time, an observed fragment of eternity. Philip Levine