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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - May 21, 2013
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.
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Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)  
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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Walt Disney (1901 - 1966)  
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
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Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)  
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )  
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