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Book cover for Marie Curie and Her Daughters: The Private Lives of Science's First Family (MacSci)
“Scientific research, [my mother] always said, is a comforting field from the moral point of view for the pleasure of discovery, even if it has little practical importance, for the sentiment that all new knowledge is definitively acquired ...more
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Graeme Rodaughan
“Humility will allow you to master what you need to learn, and to be fully present when the moment comes to use what you have mastered.”
Graeme Rodaughan, A Subtle Agency

Albert Camus
“Nonetheless, he knew that the tale he had to tell could not be one of a final victory. It could be only the record of what had had to be done, and what assuredly would have to be done again in the never ending fight against terror and its relentless onslaughts, despite their personal afflictions, by all who, while unable to be saints but refusing to bow down to pestilences, strive their utmost to be healers.”
Albert Camus, The Plague

Matt Haig
“The only way to learn is to live.”
Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

Bob Woodward
“He’s the kind of person that would inspire crazy people.”
Bob Woodward, Rage

Tiago Forte
“We call someone who is not in control of their mind insane. What do we call someone who is not in control of their attention, which is the gateway to the mind?”
Tiago Forte, Design Your Work: Praxis Volume 1

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