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Edward O. Wilson
“One planet, one experiment.”
Edward O. Wilson

Galileo Galilei
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
Galileo Galilei, Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina

Albert Einstein
“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
Albert Einstein

Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero

H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

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