First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.
MARIE CURIEWe must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals.
More Marie Curie Quotes
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It’s always good to marry your best friend.
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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
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Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.
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Stability can only be attained by inactive matter.
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If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity.
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You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.
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Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it.
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My husband and I were so closely united by our affection and our common work that we passed nearly all of our time together.
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The older one gets, the more one feels that the present moment must be enjoyed, comparable to a state of grace.
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My husband and I were so closely united by our affection and our common work that we passed nearly all of our time together.
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It was like a new world opened to me, the world of science, which I was at last permitted to know in all liberty.
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The various reasons which we have enumerated lead us to believe that the new radio-active substance contains a new element which we propose to give the name of radium.
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A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.
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All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.
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Scientist believe in things, not in person.
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More and more, I feel the need for a house and a garden.
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Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.
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I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
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In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.
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You will find that one special love that you know is right but for some reason just doesn’t last.
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Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less.
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I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy.
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I am among those who think that science has great beauty.
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You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.
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We must keep our certainty that after the bad days the good times will come again.
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Science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.
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