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Brief author info: Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) American astronomer First U.S. female astronomer; discovered new comet (1847); first female member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.

Maria Mitchell

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

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The phrase "popular science" has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

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Relationship Quote

A man keeps another's secret better than he does his own. A woman, on the other hand, keeps her own better than another's.

- Jean de La Bruyere

Motivational Quote

It always seems impossible until it's done.

- Nelson Mandela

Friendship Quote

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

- Euripides

Relationship Quote

A woman we love rarely satisfies all our needs, and we deceive her with a woman whom we do not love.

- Marcel Proust

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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

- Oscar Levant

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