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.
MARIE CURIELife 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.
More Marie Curie Quotes
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Stability can only be attained by inactive matter.
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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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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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All that I saw and learned was a new delight to me.
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One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
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You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.
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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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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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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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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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Radium is not to enrich any one. It is an element; it is for all people.
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Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
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Life is not easy for any for us.
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Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less.
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There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
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All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.
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We must keep our certainty that after the bad days the good times will come again.
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You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.
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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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I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.
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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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In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.
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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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Stability can only be attained by inactive matter.
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Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it.
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First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.
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