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That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.

— George Orwell, English Novelist

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

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

— Thomas Edison, American Inventor

The cooperative structure never encourages huge bureaucratic systems, for it knows that mammoth bureaucracies cannot be sensitive to the needs of people.

— Vikram Sarabhai, Indian Scientist

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

— Ayn Rand, Russian-American Novelist

It’s interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.

— Martin Scorsese, American Director

An optimist believes we live in the best possible of worlds.- A pessimist fears that this is true.

— James Branch Cabell, American Author

I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.

— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize winning Structural Biologist

Every cause produces more than one effect.

— Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher
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