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From apparently superluminal radio sources in deep space, to the neutrinos that were supposed to be arriving ahead of schedule at the Grand Sasso experiment in Italy, every apparent exception to Einstein's ultimate speed law has turned out to be a phantom.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Apparent Apparently Arriving Deep Einstein Every Exception Experiment Grand Italy Law Out Phantom Radio Schedule Sources Space Speed Supposed Turned Ultimate Were Ahead

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The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.

~Albert Einstein

Topics: Aim Axiom Cover Deduction Empirical Facts Grand Greatest Greatest Number Hypotheses Logical Number Science Smallest

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I have fully cooperated with the investigation and before the grand jury, and I'm quite confident at the end of the day that we'll know what facts are in this particular case.

~Alberto Gonzales

Topics: Before Case Confident Day End End Of The Day Facts Fully Grand Investigation Jury Know Particular Quite

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It has been a marvellous experience and a great gift collaborating with Madonna. Now that I have had the chance to see her working, I truly understand why she is so grand! I believe she is a true artist, and I am crazy about her.

~Alessandro Michele

Topics: About Am Artist Been Believe Chance Collaborating Crazy Experience Gift Grand Great Great Gift Had Her Madonna Marvellous Now See She True True Artist Truly Understand Why Working I Am I Believe

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But now all of a sudden some idiots in Taiwan start to say that they are not Chinese. Their grand parents were Chinese. But for some reason, they feel they are not Chinese.

~Alex Chiu

Topics: Chinese Feel Grand Idiots Now Parents Reason Say Some Start Sudden Taiwan Were

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Seven years ago, when I started free soloing long, hard routes in Yosemite - climbing without a rope, gear or a partner - I did it because it seemed like the purest, most elegant way to scale big walls. Climbing, especially soloing, felt like a grand adventure, but I never dreamed it could be a profession.

~Alex Honnold

Topics: Adventure Because Big Climbing Could Did Dreamed Elegant Felt Free Gear Grand Hard Like Long Most Never Partner Profession Purest Rope Routes Scale Seemed Seven Started Walls Way Without Years Years Ago Yosemite

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I knew I wanted the parties in 'The Queen of the Night' to be convincing, beautiful, and also dramatic: situations where significant things happened on a scale that was both grand and intimate. There were several texts that helped me think about how to do this, and one of the most important ones was Charlotte Bronte's novel 'Villette.'

~Alexander Chee

Topics: About Also Beautiful Both Charlotte Convincing Dramatic Grand Happened Helped How Important Intimate Knew Me Most Night Novel Parties Queen Scale Several Significant Situations Texts The Most Important Things Think Wanted Were Where

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Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand borders upon insanity and absurdity or at least is reminiscent of childhood.

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Absurdity Borders Childhood Elegant Everything Grand Insanity Italy Least Particularly

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What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete.

~Alfred De Vigny

Topics: Advance Along Cares Carries Civilization Complete Details Events Grand Indifferent Individuals Less Most Noble Rather Real Sum Sum Total Than Them Total Values Which

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I don't go there much. You're thrilled that people would recognize what you're doing in such a grand kind of way. But, just like you don't know if anybody's really going to like what you're doing when you put a record out or if anybody's going to pay attention to it, you can't really go there.

~Alison Krauss

Topics: Anybody Attention Doing Go Going Grand Just Kind Know Like Much Out Pay Pay Attention People Put Really Recognize Record Thrilled Way Would You

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