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“If we wish our civilization to survive we must break with the habit of deference to great men.” quote by Karl Popper — Download Open image

“If we wish our civilization to survive we must break with the habit of deference to great men.”

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Science is perhaps the only human activity in which errors are systematically criticized and, in time, corrected.

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I am opposed to looking upon logic as a kind of game. ... One might think that it is a matter of choice or…

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The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error.

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Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.

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I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have…

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“He didn't break my heart. No one can break your heart except you.”

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“She couldn't break the orbit.”

Victoria Schwab

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“A hole ain’t nothing either, but you can still break your neck in it.”

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“I break things, a lot of things, but I don’t want one of them to be you.”

Patricia Briggs

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Motor racing's less of a sport these days than a commercial break doing 150 mph.

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