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TV is chewing gum for the eyes.

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All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation.

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Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

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Honorable retreats are no ways inferior to brave charges, as having less fortune, more of discipline, and as much valor.

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Creative thinking should be viewed as an essential supplement to, though not a replacement for, critical thinking.

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When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.

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When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.

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The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

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If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

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