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The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the familiar becomes, so that novelty, instead of constituting an annoyance avoided by the subject, becomes a problem and invites searching. ↗

— Jean Piaget

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One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

#another #cannot #convenient #geometry #more

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve. ↗

— Max Planck

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We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist, or if they have existed up until now, that they will continue to exist in a similar manner in the future. ↗

— Max Planck

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People go tanning because they like to feel tan. You feel more sexy when you're tan and I don't understand why you would tax on that, because you're making yourself feel more happy about yourself. ↗

— Nicole Polizzi

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In examining the potential of individuals, we must focus on their strengths and not just their mistakes. We cannot be limited by what they may have spilled in the kitchen. ↗

— William Pollard

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The fact is, we cannot drill our way to oil independence. ↗

— Carl Pope

#drill #fact #independence #oil #our

It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood. ↗

— Karl Popper

#impossible #misunderstood #speak #such #way

I always performed when I was a child. My parents got very annoyed, because my brother and I had our little bedrooms upstairs, and I would plaster the house with posters with arrows pointing upstairs. ↗

— Franka Potente

#annoyed #arrows #because #bedrooms #brother

People think that because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biography and memoirs can never be wholly true, since they cannot include every conceivable circumstance of what happened. The novel can do that. ↗

— Anthony Powell

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