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Quote by J. Arthur Thomson

“The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.”

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J. Arthur Thomson was a British author born in 1861 and died on February 12, 1933. His works spanned across novels, poetry, and drama, known for his unique literary style and profound emotional expression. more

“To most ... of us, Russia was as mysterious and remote as the other side of the moon and not much more productive when it came to really new ideas or inventions. A common joke of the time [mid 1940s] said that the Russians could not surreptitiously introduce nuclear bombs in suitcases into the United States because they had not yet been able to perfect a suitcase.”

“We are apt to consider that invention is the result of spontaneous action of some heavenborn genius, whose advent we must patiently wait for, but cannot artificially produce. It is unquestionable, however, that education, legal enactments, and general social conditions have a stupendous influence on the development of the originative faculty present in a nation and determine whether it shall be a fountain of new ideas or become simply a purchaser from others of ready-made inventions.”

“We may fondly imagine that we are impartial seekers after truth, but with a few exceptions, to which I know that I do not belong, we are influenced-and sometimes strongly-by our personal bias; and we give our best thoughts to those ideas which we have to defend.”

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Book:The anatomy and physiology of capillaries

Source: The anatomy and physiology of capillaries

“[Richard Drew] always encouraged his people to pursue ideas... He said, "If it's a dumb idea, you'll find out. You'll smack into that brick wall, then you'll stagger back and see another opportunity that you wouldn't have seen otherwise."”

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Author:Arthur Fry

“Don't wait for permission to do something creative.”

Waiting Creativity Creative Permission

Author:Ava DuVernay

“The best thing about candy is that it can't be spoiled by the adult world. Candy is innocent.”

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Author:Rosecrans Baldwin

“O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man. But we have the chalice of Your Precious Blood, filled with life and light. The purer we are, the more we receive.”

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Author:Ephrem the Syrian

“I think it's fair to say that diplomacy today requires much more of that if you're the United States of America than it did 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago.”

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Author:Hillary Clinton

“Do grant, oh my God, that when my lips approach Yours to kiss You, I may taste the gall that was given to You; when my shoulders lean against Yours, make me feel Your scourging; when my flesh is united with Yours, in the Holy Eucharist, make me feel Your passion; when my head comes near Yours, make me feel Your thorns; when my heart is close to Yours, make me feel Your spear.”

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