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• Research is an expression of faith in the possibility of progress. The drive that leads scholars to study a topic has to include the belief that new things can be discovered, that newer can be better, and that greater depth of understanding is achievable. Research, especially academic research, is a form of optimism about the human condition.

  Henry Rosovsky

  Expression, Optimism, Understanding

  Henry Rosovsky (1990). “The University: An Owner's Manual”, p.89, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Diversity is power on the Web. Big sites may be bigger, but smaller sites will keep scoring higher for specialized topics, both in terms of their connections with users and in terms of each visit's commercial value.

  Jakob Nielsen

  Diversity, Connections, May

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• WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up of official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Weather, Government, Rude

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.232, 谷月社

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• The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.

  Richard Rorty

  Beauty, Writing, Long

  Richard Rorty (1989). “Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity”, p.127, Cambridge University Press

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• At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.

  Tabitha Soren

  Humor, Nbc, Grandparent

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• Art and money are closely related. Try sitting down with a group of artists and ask them what's on their mind. Very quickly the topic shifts to money. And it can be very hard to get them off that subject.

  Dave Winer

  Art, Mind, Trying

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• I have written 240 books on a wide variety of topics. . . . Some of it I based on education I received in my school, but most of it was backed by other ways of learning - chiefly in the books I obtained in the public library.

  Isaac Asimov

  Book, Reading, School

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• It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satirists, but because we're on Comedy Central and because we're South Park on Comedy Central, we can do any topic we want.

  Trey Parker

  Funny, Thinking, Want

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• Even though money seems such an objective topic, it can also be the most intimate, and possibly harmful, part of a relationship.

  Christie Hefner

  Objectivity, Economy, Intimate

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Besides Germany, the only countries that don't have speed limits are places like Nepal, where road conditions are so bad that a limit would be beside the point. In other words, it's a little crazy that this is even a topic for debate in Germany.

  Sigmar Gabriel

  Country, Crazy, Would Be

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• Will robot teachers replace human teachers? No, but they can complement them. Moreover, the could be sufficient in situations where there is no alternative––to enable learning while traveling, or while in remote locations, or when one wishes to study a topic for which there is not easy access to teachers. Robot teachers will help make lifelong learning a practicality. They can make it possible to learn no matter where one is in the world, no matter the time of day. Learning should take place when it is needed, when the learner is interested, not according to some arbitrary, fixed schedule

  Donald A. Norman

  Teacher, Wish, Robots

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• The death then of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world, and equally is it beyond doubt that the lips best suited for such topic are those of a bereaved lover.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Love, Life, Beautiful

  Edgar Allan Poe (2016). “Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works”, p.149, Lulu.com

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• Throughout my career, I've always portrayed characters that were humorous, but also weren't afraid to speak their minds, especially when it came to racy or controversial topics. I think this struck a chord with the LGBT community. We both also share a very strong love for animals. When you combine the two, it's a very strong match.

  Betty White

  Strong, Humorous, Character

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• My favorite water cooler topic is fantasy football. I used to make fun of friends for doing it and now I'm obsessed.

  John Krasinski

  Football, Fun, Water

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• This man (FreddieMercury) truly possessed the greatest voice in the history of rock. Journalists, culture experts and analysts have already made several hundred comments on this topic and nothing can be added here.

  Brian May

  Men, Rocks, Voice

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• We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought of centering a song around.

  Taryn Manning

  Song, Party, Home

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• I was raised religious. I was raised Christian. And there’s a lot of edgy topics and things that go on with religion, but to me the most important thing, is that the first thing is that you’re supposed to love everyone the same and not judge anyone… Technically, we’re all the same. And everybody makes mistakes. So no one is better than another person.

  Tyler Hoechlin

  Christian, Religious, Mistake

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• Everything is an idea for something, something that touches the imagination, a fact that seems relevant or maybe just a statement I find interesting — either because it resonates or because I disagree. All of it is fodder for continued work or thinking on the topics. It’s also important to me to record the ideas that my instincts tell me are bad.

  Elizabeth Spiers

  Thinking, Ideas, Imagination

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• The better proof of reverence for that holy name would be not to profane it by making it a topic of legislative discussion.

  James Madison

  Names, Would Be, Holy

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• Immigration is a sensitive topic.

  Mario Diaz-Balart

  Immigration, Sensitive

  "Starting Point With Soledad O'Brien", www.cnn.com. February 1, 2012.

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• I was fascinated by a compelling character embroiled in a controversial topic that told the story from a different point of view.

  Bjorn Borg

  Character, Views, Controversial Topics

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• Racism and sexism are not "problems" or "topics." They are ways of defining reality and living our lives that most of us learned along with learning how to tie our shoes and how to drink from a cup.

  Paula Rothenberg

  Reality, Ties, Shoes

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• Everything in the media is fleeting. Don't get the wrong idea. Fame is when you're still the hot topic next week or even the week after.

  Miki Aihara

  Media, Next Week, Ideas

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• As long as men inquire, they will find opportunities to know more upon these topics than those who have gone before them, so inexhaustibly rich is nature in the innermost diversity of her treasures of beauty, order and intelligence.

  Louis Agassiz

  Nature, Opportunity, Men

  Louis Agassiz (1857). “Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America: pt. I. Essay on classification. pt. II. North American Testudinata. 1857”, p.139

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• As one reads mathematics, one needs to have an active mind, asking questions, forming mental connections between the current topic and other ideas from other contexts, so as to develop a sense of the structure, not just familiarity with a particular tour through the structure.

  William Thurston

  Teaching, Math, Ideas

  William P. Thurston (2014). “Three-Dimensional Geometry and Topology, Volume 1”, p.9, Princeton University Press

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