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By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth. ↗

— Yukio Mishima

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You make observations, write theories to fit them, try experiments to disprove the theories and, if you can't, you've got something. ↗

— Kary Mullis

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One man's observation is another man's closed book or flight of fancy. ↗

— Willard Van Orman Quine

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Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions. ↗

— Vera Rubin

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A careful analysis of the process of observation in atomic physics has shown that the subatomic particles have no meaning as isolated entities, but can only be understood as interconnections between the preparation of an experiment and the subsequent measurement. ↗

— Erwin Schrodinger

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Theories crumble, but good observations never fade. ↗

— Harlow Shapley

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Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about is money. ↗

— Robert Penn Warren

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Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

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Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation. ↗

— Walter Winchell

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From the standpoint of observation, then, we must regard it as a highly probable hypothesis that the beginnings of the mental life date from as far back as the beginnings of life at large. ↗

— Wilhelm Wundt

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