We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals.
MARIE CURIEIt was like a new world opened to me, the world of science, which I was at last permitted to know in all liberty.
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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Scientist believe in things, not in person.
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Stability can only be attained by inactive matter.
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We must keep our certainty that after the bad days the good times will come again.
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I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.
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All that I saw and learned was a new delight to me.
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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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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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You will find that one special love that you know is right but for some reason just doesn’t last.
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You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.
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I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
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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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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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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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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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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
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You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.
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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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There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
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In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.
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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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It’s always good to marry your best friend.
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Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less.
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First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.
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More and more, I feel the need for a house and a garden.
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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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