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Only when I began studying chemical engineering at Oregon Agricultural College did I realize that I myself might discover something new about the nature of the world.

Linus Pauling

I have something that I call my Golden Rule. It goes something like this: ‘Do unto others twenty-five percent better than you expect them to do unto you.’ The twenty-five percent is for error.
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Errors Expectation Gold Mistake Rule Yourself
The power to destroy the world by the use of nuclear weapons is a power that cannot be used – we cannot accept the idea of such monstrous immorality.
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Acceptance Destroy Ideas Immoral Power Weapon World
Optimum nutrition is the medicine of tomorrow.
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Future Medicine Nutrition
There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm.
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Harm Radiance Safety
Science is the search for truth.
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One Liner Science Truth
I try to identify myself with the atoms. I ask what I would do If I were a carbon atom or a sodium atom.
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Identity Myself Science Try
The only sane policy for the world is that of abolishing war.
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Policy Sanity War World
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
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Best Goodness Ideas Inspirational Success Way
Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.
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Effort Moral Rejection Science Search Understand World
Men will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences. Science will go on whether we are pessimistic or optimistic, as I am. More interesting discoveries than we can imagine will be made, and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.
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Consequence Curiosity Discover Enthusiasm Imagination Interest Knowledge Man Result Science Wait
Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.
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Agreement Goodness Nation
Every aspect of the world today – even politics and international relations – is affected by chemistry.
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Chemistry Politics Relationship World
But I know also that still more interesting discoveries will be made that I have not the imagination to describe – and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.
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Curiosity Description Discover Enthusiasm Imagination Interest
Provided one has the correct level of vitamin, mineral and nutritional input, the body can overcome disease.
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Body Correction Nutrition Sick
I think every person should be able to enjoy life. Try to decide what you most enjoy doing, and then look around to see if there is a job for which you could prepare yourself that would enable you to continue having this sort of joy.
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Decision Enjoyment Joy Life Myself Person Preparation Thinking Try
Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.
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Better Errors Expectation Mistake Subject Treat

Only when I began studying chemical engineering at Oregon Agricultural College did I realize that I myself might discover something new about the nature of the world.

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