We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals.
MARIE CURIEI am among those who think that science has great beauty.
More Marie Curie Quotes
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Radium is not to enrich any one. It is an element; it is for all people.
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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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Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
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All that I saw and learned was a new delight to me.
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It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your ambition the determination to make a permanent contribution to science.
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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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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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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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First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.
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Scientist believe in things, not in person.
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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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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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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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Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it.
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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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