Science is not about what’s true. It’s about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by way of public evidence.


Lee Smolin

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You are not flawed, you are as beautiful as you have always been and blessed with evidence of a life...
BECCA LEE
She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there...
HARPER LEE
As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell yo...
HARPER LEE
It is really important that young people find something that they want to do and pursue it with pass...
SPIKE LEE
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
LEE IACOCCA
You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It...
LEE IACOCCA
Boys, there ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserati...
LEE IACOCCA
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
LEE HANEY
The one word that makes a good manager -- decisiveness.
LEE IACOCCA
I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
LEE IACOCCA
You're only has good as your last haircut.
SUSAN LEE
Most people are looking for security, a nice, safe, prosperous future. And there's nothing wrong wit...
LEE IACOCCA
Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, y...
LEE IACOCCA
Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you, disappoint you, ...
BLAINE LEE
Circumstances hell! I make circumstances!
BRUCE LEE
People want economy and they'll pay almost any price to get it.
LEE IACOCCA
When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
LEE IACOCCA
I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best ser...
LEE BRISTOL
The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
LEE IACOCCA
How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twic...
LEE TREVINO
Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established sty...
BRUCE LEE
If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your wo...
BRUCE LEE
The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
HARPER LEE
You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen.
LEE TREVINO
I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think no...
HARPER LEE
My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eigh...
LEE TREVINO
We at Chrysler borrow money the old fashion way. We pay it back.
LEE IACOCCA
I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually nev...
LEE IACOCCA
I'm not out there just to be dancing around. I expect to win every time I tee up.
LEE TREVINO
I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to min...
BRUCE LEE
There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf b...
LEE TREVINO
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the funct...
BRUCE LEE
I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you...
LEE IACOCCA
The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. The...
LEE IACOCCA
Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
BRUCE LEE
You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.
BRUCE LEE