Experiments Quotes - Page 37

• Some ... have imagined that by arousing a baseless suspicion in the mind of the beloved we can revive a waning devotion. But this experiment is very dangerous. Those who recommend it are confident that so long as resentment is groundless one need only suffer it in silence and all will soon be well. I have observed however that this is by no means the case.

  Murasaki Shikibu

  Jealousy, Mean, Long

  Murasaki Shikibu (2011). “Tale of Genji”, p.56, Tuttle Publishing

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• In scientific matters there was a common language and one standard of values; in moral and political problems there were many. … Furthermore, in science there is a court of last resort, experiment, which is unavailable in human affairs.

  Emilio G. Segre

  Political, Matter, Lasts

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• If you're doing an experiment, you should report everything that you think might make it invalid - not only what you think is right about it; other causes that could possibly explain your results; and things you thought of that you've eliminated by some other experiment, and how they worked -to make sure the other fellow can tell they have been eliminated.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Thinking, Might, Causes

  "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character". Book by Ralph Leighton and Richard R. Feynman, 1985.

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• The music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment. And I’m not willing to contribute my life’s work to an experiment that I don’t feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music. And I just don’t agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free.

  Taylor Swift

  Artist, Perception, Should

  "Exclusive: Taylor Swift on Being Pop's Instantly Platinum Wonder... And Why She's Paddling Against the Streams". Interview with Chris Willman, www.yahoo.com. November 6, 2014.

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• Has any psychological experiment yielded a more delightful suggestion than this one: that there is a part of the mind without ambition or information, which nonetheless is expert on what is beautiful?

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Beautiful, Ambition, Mind

  "Chapter 8: Lines: Untitled", www.theguardian.com. November 14, 1985.

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• It is only those who hope to transform human beings who end up by burning them, like the waste product of a failed experiment.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Burning, Waste, Ends

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• Theres a tremendous amount of work building the apparatus, getting the experiment to work. But sitting there late at night in the lab, and knowing light is going at bicycle speed, and that nobody in the history of mankind has ever been here before - that is mind-boggling. Its worth everything.

  Lene

  Night, Light, Knowing

  "Q&A with Lene Hau". Interview with Harvey Blume, archive.boston.com. March 17, 2007.

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• What I learned with tech companies is I gotta give people room to experiment, and also to make what might later on be a mistake. This is the attitude I want to build within San Francisco - give some time to the tech community.

  Ed Lee

  Attitude, Mistake, San Francisco

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• Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity? When we are distracted by strong emotion, do we remember that it is our path? Can we feel the emotion and breathe it into our hearts for ourselves and everyone else? If we can remember to experiment like this even occasionally, we are training as a warrior. And when we can't practice when distracted but KNOW we can't, we are still training well. Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.

  Pema Chodron

  Strong, Heart, Warrior

  Pema Chodron (2002). “The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times”, p.47, Shambhala Publications

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• The difference between mind and brain is that brain deals only with memorized, subjective, special-case experiences and objective experiments, while mind extracts and employs the
  generalized principles and integrates and interrelates their effective employment.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Differences, Brain, Mind

  R. Buckminster Fuller (2008). “Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth”, p.107, Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller

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• It is a matter of fact; I approached without a preconceived idea, too ready to declare, if the experiment had imposed upon me the confession, that there was a spontaneous generation, of
  which I am convinced today that those who assure it are blindfolded.

  Louis Pasteur

  Ideas, Generations, Matter

  Address at the "Sorbonne Scientific Soirée", April 07, 1864.

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• My opinion - nay more, my conviction - is that, in the present state of science, as you rightly say, spontaneous generation is a chimera; and it would be impossible for you to contradict me, for my experiments all stand forth to prove that spontaneous generation is a chimera.

  Louis Pasteur

  Would Be, Generations, Opinion

  "The Life of Pasteur". Book by René Vallery-Radot, translated by R .L. Devonshire, archive.org. 1902.

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• The secret is to remain true to your aesthetic vision, so that people can see that you really believe passionately in what you are doing. That way, they can relate to your style. At the same time, you experiment-you try new things.

  Giorgio Armani

  Believe, People, Secret

  Interview, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 1, 2008.

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• My life has always been unplanned. So when something comes along, I feel like, Why not give it a try? It's fun to experiment like that.

  Yoko Ono

  Fun, Giving, Trying

  Interview with Takashi Murakami, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 27, 2009.

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• Everyone knows that we're doing a science experiment with Earth. And the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 contributors to it are the mining and burning of coal.

  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

  Coal, Burning, Earth

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• The reality is each new day and each project is another opportunity to learn, experiment and try something I haven't done before. I've found that's what keeps me motivated and moving forward - learning new things and challenging myself on a daily basis to improve as a composer, recording engineer, percussionist, guitarist, producer...the list goes on and on!

  Jason Graves

  Moving Forward, Opportunity, Reality

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• In physics, opinions don't matter, only demonstrated experiments. The day the fellow succeeds, if ever, he won't need anybody else's opinion.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Needs, Matter, Succeed

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. November 13, 2011.

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• I did not think I had what it took to be an actor, because most of the actors that I encountered were people who were very narcissistic and I thought since I lacked narcissism to become an actor because that's what it took. It was more of a social experiment for me to walk in the shoes of other people that I found interesting.

  Michael Jai White

  Thinking, Shoes, People

  "Interview with Falcon Rising star and martial artist Michael Jai White". Interview with Bobby Blakey, www.axs.com. September 8, 2014.

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• Use your freedom to experiment with visual ideas.

  Maya Deren

  Inspirational, Motivational, Ideas

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• The military is not a social experiment. The purpose of the military is kill people and break things. It's not to transform the culture by trying out some ideas that some people think would make us a different country and more diverse. The purpose is to protect America.

  Mike Huckabee

  Country, Military, Thinking

  Mike Huckabee at GOP primary debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, time.com. August 7, 2015.

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• I consider all my films an experiment, at least in my mind.

  Michael Haneke

  Mind, Film

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• I do a lot of weird movies that maybe you don't like and I experiment a lot but maybe I do appreciate the process and I think my greatest joy in this business is that I have had the ability to screw up in a lot of really interesting films!

  Josh Hartnett

  Thinking, Appreciate, Interesting

  "Interview: Josh Hartnett Talks 30 Days Of Night". Interview with Joe Utichi, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. November 1, 2007.

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• I want to experiment; I want to keep growing. I didn't want to just sit back and rest on my haunches and do the things I knew I could do for a while.

  Josh Hartnett

  Growing, Want

  "Interview: Josh Hartnett talks 30 Days of Night". Interview with Joe Utichi, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. November 1, 2007.

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• Before I moved into the mainstream of American movies, I wrote a script as an experiment. I wanted to get very far away from the clichés about the three-act play - structure, development.

  Jack Nicholson

  Play, Three, Development

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• The Bible is really not a religious book but a divine manual written by the manufacturer of humanity by which the product man is supposed to live. If we learn those principles and obey them, then we find that the process of failure to success becomes more inevitability than experiment.

  Myles Munroe

  Religious, Book, Men

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