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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.

Linus Pauling

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
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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College Myself Nature Study World
Humanism is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of all humanity, of application of new ideas of scientific progress for the benefit of all.
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Greatness Humanity Ideas Philosophy Profit Progress Science
If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.
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Goodness Ideas Learning Oneself Wrong
You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.
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Healing Sick Yourself
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
Like thousands of other boys, I had a little chemical laboratory in our cellar and think that some of our friends thought me a bit crazy.
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Chemistry Crazy Friendship Laboratory Man Thinking
Man’s great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.
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Civilization Communication Evolution Greatness Man Power Remember Responsibility Thinking
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
I have always wanted to know as much as possible about the world.
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Myself Possible World
By the proper intakes of vitamins and other nutrients and by following a few other healthful practices from youth or middle age on, you can, I believe, extend your life and years of well-being by twenty-five or even thirty-five years.
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Age Believe Health Life Practice Time Youth
Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.
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Fact Fly Science Yourself
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
Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them.
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Cancer Organization People Research Support
Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and how to work for a better world.
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Authority Better Decision Fact Happiness Leadership Life Medicine Politics Work World
Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
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Curiosity Greatness Happiness Life Reality Satisfaction

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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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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