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Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

— George Orwell, English Novelist

Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.

— Richard Feynman, American Theoretical Physicist

I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!

— J.K.Rowling, Author

If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.

— Mark Twain, American Writer

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

— Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance Artist

What, therefore, is a government at its best? It is a government that “governs” least and instead finds ways to mobilise the energies of our people.

— Vikram Sarabhai, Indian Scientist

I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent. 

— Rahul Dravid, Former Indian cricketer

I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

— Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist
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