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“Don't be arrogant, because arrogance kills curiosity and passion.”
— Mina BissellMina Bissell: Experiments that point to a new understanding of cancer
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“The best questions are the ones that create the most uncertainty.”
— Beau LottoBeau Lotto + Amy O’Toole: Science is for everyone, kids included
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“Don’t persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen.”
— Elizabeth LesserElizabeth Lesser: Take "the Other" to lunch
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“Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are no mysteries in nature, that our triumphs are complete, and that there are no new worlds to conquer.”
— Brian Cox quoting Humphrey DavyBrian Cox: What went wrong at the LHC
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“It is this breathtaking image [of] success that motivates us and motivates kids to follow and understand rocket science: to understand the importance of physics and math and, in many ways, to have that awe at exploration of the frontiers of the unknown.”
— Steve JurvetsonSteve Jurvetson on model rocketry
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“Truth, curiosity, diversity, no selling, no corporate bullshit, no bandwagoning, no platforms. Just the pursuit of interest, wherever it lies, across all the disciplines that are represented here.”
— Chris Anderson (TED) on the core values of TEDChris Anderson on TED's nonprofit transition
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Watch this talk Share“Find out what the next thing is that you can push, that you can invent, that you can be ignorant about, that you can be arrogant about, that you can fail with, and that you can be a fool with. Because in the end, that’s how you grow.”
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“Heaven is satisfied curiosity.”
— Paola AntonelliPaola Antonelli treats design as art
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“For days after the launch, Sputnik was a wonderful curiosity. A man-made moon visible by ordinary citizens, it inspired awe and pride that humans had finally launched an object into space.”
— David HoffmanDavid Hoffman shares his Sputnik mania
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“The arts, whatever they do, whenever they call us together, invite us to look at our fellow human being with generosity and curiosity.”
— Ben CameronBen Cameron: The true power of the performing arts
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“Curiosity is the engine of achievement.”
— Ken RobinsonKen Robinson: How to escape education's death valley
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“I’m very passionately interested in the human future, on the Moon and Mars particularly, and elsewhere in the solar system. I think it’s time that we transitioned to a solar system-going civilization and species.”
— Penelope BostonPenelope Boston says there might be life on Mars
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“[Children] are fascinated with snakes. They haven’t got that steely thing that you end up either fearing or hating or despising or loathing them in some way. They are interested.”
— Romulus WhitakerRomulus Whitaker: The real danger lurking in the water
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“The search for knowledge is in our genes. It was put there by our distant ancestors who spread across the world, and it's never going to be quenched.”
— E.O. WilsonE.O. Wilson: Advice to young scientists
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