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I have always wanted to know as much as possible about the world.

Linus Pauling

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
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
The only sane policy for the world is that of abolishing war.
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Policy Sanity War World
I have always wanted to know as much as possible about the world.
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Myself Possible World
I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs — there is the power of good, of morality, of humanitarianism.
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Believe Evil Force Goodness Greatness Humanity Military Moral Power World
Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.
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Agreement Goodness Nation
There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm.
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Harm Radiance Safety
Just one living cell in the human body is, more complex than New York City.
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Biology Body Complication Human Live Oneself Structure
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
No evidence compels the conclusion that the minimum required intake of any vitamin comes close to the optimum intake that sustains good health.
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Evidence Food Goodness Health Medicine
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
Everyone should know that the ‘war on cancer’ is largely a fraud.
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Cancer Mistake War
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
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
Science is the search for truth.
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One Liner Science Truth
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
Life is a relationship among molecules and not a property of any molecule.
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Life Property Relationship Science
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
I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles.
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Believe Complication Explanation Principle Science Simplicity
Optimum nutrition is the medicine of tomorrow.
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Future Medicine Nutrition
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
In teaching, you do not want to COVER things, you want to UNCOVER them. The best way to get good ideas is to have lots of ideas.
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Best Goodness Ideas Teaching Way Yourself
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
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
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
Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.
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Fact Fly Science Yourself
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

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