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Jacob Bronowski Quotes
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The men who made the Industrial Revolution are usually pictured as hardfaced businessmen with no other motive than self-interest. That is certainly wrong. For one thing, many of them were inventors who had come into business that way.
Sex was invented as a biological instrument by (say) the green algae. But as an instrument in the ascent of man which is basic to his cultural evolution, it was invented by man himself.
The idea that the universe is running down comes from a simple observation about machines. Every machine consumes more energy than it renders.
Whether our work is art or science or the daily work of society, it is only the form in which we explore our experience which is different.
This is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on your way to a pertinent answer.
Love Quote
Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.
Friend Quote
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Inspirational Quote
You cannot wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Happiness Quote
There is only one way to be happy, and that is to make somebody else so.
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