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In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#apples #assent #classrooms #confirmed #degree

There wasn't much technical terminology, and then, most academics are not trained in writing. And there is what is probably worse than ever before, the growing use of professional jargon. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#before #ever #growing #jargon #most

I've thrown away lots of my old diaries - you never know who might get their hands on them. But I have kept a few notes on the good old days. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#days #diaries #few #get #good

You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#athletic #cannot #children #compare #enjoy

Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ. ↗

— Billy Graham

#christ #christian #conversion #daily #grow

So few grown women like their lives. ↗

— Katharine Graham

#grown #like #lives #their #women

Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor. ↗

— Lauren Graham

#child #growing #growing up #i #only

I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on. ↗

— Lauren Graham

#could #feedback #funny #got #grew

Freedom is about a way of thinking. Freedom is about understanding that you can do anything that you want and freedom is about being able to take information and education and make it relevant to your own growth every single day. Freedom is not staying in the box. Freedom is not doing what other people want you to do. ↗

— Stedman Graham

#about #anything #being #box #day

When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery, summoned them back into the parlour, stood each of them up alongside of his little heap, and proceeded to dress them up for the coming expedition. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#alongside #back #began #coming #dark