Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it.
MARIE CURIERadium is not to enrich any one. It is an element; it is for all people.
More Marie Curie Quotes
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All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.
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I am among those who think that science has great beauty.
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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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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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First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.
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Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less.
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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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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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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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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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Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
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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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You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.
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In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.
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There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
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