George Sarton Quotes
Wisdom is not mathematical, nor astronomical, nor zoological; when it talks too much of any one thing it ceases to be itself. There are wise physicists, but wisdom is not physical; there are wise physicians, but wisdom is not medical.
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I'm big on manners. I'm big on politeness. I'm big on gratitude.
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It's a pure dream team to work with Hrithik, Sanjay sir and Rakesh sir.
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The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center in these terrible camps.
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There are some people that the press like to pick on and not just the gay press, but the press in general. And some people, the press just doesn't care about at all.
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Let's cooperate and challenge the administration to cooperate with us because within the administration there are also moderates and people who are not fully comfortable with the tendencies that have prevailed in recent times.
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Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes.
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An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.
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I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.
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The most magnificent creature in the entire world, the tiger is.
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I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.
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You have to think about your image and how you want people to view you. And if it becomes too much, people will get kind of tired of you.
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Now as to what pertains to these Surd numbers (which, as it were by way of reproach and calumny, having no merit of their own are also styled Irrational, Irregular, and Inexplicable) they are by many denied to be numbers properly speaking, and are wont to be banished from arithmetic to another Science, (which yet is no science) viz. algebra.
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If you take as your pattern the wings of feathered birds, these are more powerful in structure of bone and sinew because they are penetrable, that is to say the feathers are separated from one another and the air passes through them. But the bat is aided by its membrane, which binds the whole together and is not penetrated by the air.
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It takes very little to govern good people. Very little. And bad people cant be governed at all. Or if they could I never heard of it.
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My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day's work for an honest day's pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police.
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I never bought a stock in my life. I don't understand it. To me it is like Chinese.
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I just don't think there's a sunscreen that gives you enough protection.
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If we but give it time, a work of art 'can rap and knock and enter our souls' and re-align us - all our molecules - to make us whole again.
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Working on my knowledge and education and learning how to become a more talented and wise person make me feel more sexy.
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There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.
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In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some deep way as heartfulness, you're not really understanding it. Compassion and kindness towards oneself are intrinsically woven into it. You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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Wisdom is not mathematical, nor astronomical, nor zoological; when it talks too much of any one thing it ceases to be itself. There are wise physicists, but wisdom is not physical; there are wise physicians, but wisdom is not medical.
