Marie Curie

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"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)

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"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained."

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)

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"First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events."

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)

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"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)

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"You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for our own improvement, and at the same time share a genaral responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think can be most useful."

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)

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"You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals."

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)

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"I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done."

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)

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"We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a benefit for humanity."

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)

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"A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales."

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)

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"We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves."

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)

improvement humanity

"Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity."

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)

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"You can only analyze the data you have.

Be strategic about what to gather and how to store it"

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)

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"Stability can only be attained by inactive matter."

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)

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"In science we must be interested in things, not in persons."

— Marie Curie (1867–1934)