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|42 = '''…it is what you learn by [[writing]] that gives the work its pull.'''<br />
|42 = '''…it is what you learn by [[writing]] that gives the work its pull.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">&mdash; [[David McCullough]], from ''Mornings on Horseback''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">&mdash; [[David McCullough]], from ''Mornings on Horseback''<br />
|43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<b />
|43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">&mdash; [[Wislawa Szymborska]]]<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">&mdash; [[Wislawa Szymborska]]]<br />
|44 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and [[opinion]]; the former begets [[knowledge]], the later [[ignorance]].'''<br />
|44 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and [[opinion]]; the former begets [[knowledge]], the later [[ignorance]].'''<br />

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It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.
Enrico Fermi (1901–1954)
       —add a quote about knowledge or writing