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Particular Quotes by Alan Lightman
- For me, consciousness is the most interesting unsolved problem of science, and, in fact, we may never know what it is about a particular arrangement…
- I oppose any belief that contradicts experimental evidence as determined by the methods of science. All beliefs not in such contradiction may be considered as…
- One cannot walk down an avenue, converse with a friend, enter a building, browse beneath the sandstone arches of an old arcade without meeting an…
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- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. — Aristotle
- Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role.… — Neil Armstrong
- In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much at all - you just say he's… — Rowan Atkinson
- Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of… — Charles Babbage
- We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling… — Douglas Bader
- The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. — Lord Acton
- Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and… — Erykah Badu