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Scientists tend to resist interdisciplinary inquiries into their own territory. In many instances, such parochialism is founded on the fear that intrusion from other disciplines… — Hannes Alfven
The big idea we start with is: "How is the genome interpreted, and how are stable decisions that affect gene expression inherited from one cell… — Shirley M. Tilghman
Until now the theory of infinite series in general has been very badly grounded. One applies all the operations to infinite series as if they… — Niels Henrik Abel
A growing number of respectable scientists are defecting from the evolutionist camp.....moreover, for the most part these "experts" have abandoned Darwinism, not on the basis… — Wolfgang Smith
In most modern instances, interpretation amounts to the philistine refusal to leave the work of art alone. Real art has the capacity to make us… — Susan Sontag
Not only did he teach by accomplishment, but he taught by the inspiration of a marvelous imagination that refused to accept the permanence of what… — Edwin Howard Armstrong
It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true that, in some… — Anthony Storr
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce… — Charles Caleb Colton
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than… — James Madison
Mastering the lawless science of our law,- that codeless myriad of precedent, that wilderness of single instances. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
The sacred rites, although not instituted specifically for proving the truth of the dogmas of the Catholic Faith incontrovertibly, are effectively the living voice of… — Pope Leo XIII
All those instances to be found in history, whether real or fabulous, of a doubtful public spirit, at which morality is perplexed, reason is staggered,… — Edmund Burke
Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet filled; and unless… — George Washington
The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes… — Ronald Reagan
You have to minimize your losses and try to preserve capital for those very few instances where you can make a lot in a very… — Richard Dennis
Frankly, to be a poor child in Cuba may in many instances be better than being a poor child in Miami, and Iâ€™m not going… — Eleanor Clift
There are some instances where you may be ahead of us, for example, in the development of the thrust of your rockets for the investigation… — Richard M. Nixon
The best time of my life has been the three instances where I have been there for the birth of my children. That is, nothing… — Steven Spielberg
The Pan-Africanism that envisaged the ideal of wholeness was gradually cut down to the size of a continent, then a nation, a region, an ethnos,… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Except in a few well-publicized instances (enough to lend credence to the iconography painted on the walls of the media), the rigorous practice of rugged… — Lewis H. Lapham

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