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A damned big clue, but pointing at what? When in doubt, get some numbers.
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When in enough doubt, let your subconscious work on the problem.
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Only senators and simpletons thought science took place in neatly drawn boxes.
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Diversity" had come to mean Balkanization.
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Data always overruled theory.
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Law of the universe," she said. "The longer the menu description, the worse the food."
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I like Orange County, though. It's like L.A. without caffeine.
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To believe anything so far-fetched, I'd have to see a solid calculation.
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Ours is not to reason why, ours is to measure and report--the experimenter's credo.
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Thing about crazies is, they're crazy. You can't even understand them in retrospect.
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Indeed, high-blown rhetoric plus uncheckable consequences were the two sure signatures of the crank.
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Given a choice between existential despair and rapt religious fervor, her crowd chose marijuana.
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Well, this was what dads were for: saying the unsayable when you needed it.
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Science's success did not need a God to explain it; the world was enough.
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Government doesn't often move quickly, but when they do, it's like an elephant stampede.
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I'll be thinking of you as they roll me into a grave marked 'Nobody Special.'"
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Whole world is sitting on ass, watching glorious Twenty-first century on TV.
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That's how business works. There's always somebody coming in on your blind side.
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It was just good luck, last minute luck.""Your 'luck' was mostly sweat and intuition."
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That's absurd. This is real life, not some tabloid fantasy.
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Science was a systematic way to avoid fooling yourself, after all.
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Not sure. When don't know, do experiment.
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He's an order of magnitude better than mere diplomats. He's a conniver.
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Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
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Better be a bit more diplomatic. Translation: cover your scientific ass.
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None of the above. That's often the right answer, and bugger the exams.
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