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This quotation examines the core nature of Equality as articulated by Enrico Fermi. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Equality provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Enrico Fermi

Enrico Fermi was an Italian and naturalized-American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project. He won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons". He has been called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb". He was one of very few physicists to excel in both theoretical and experimental physics. With his colleagues, Fermi filed several patents related to the use of nuclear power, all of which were taken over by the US government. He made significant contributions to the development of statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and nuclear and particle physics.

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"If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist."

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"It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge."

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"The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission."

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"Ignorance is never better than knowledge."

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"Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by postcard."

— Kate Millett
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"When a company is charging money for a product - as Evernote does for all above its most basic service, and same for Dropbox and SugarSync - you understand its incentive for sticking with that product."

— James Fallows
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"The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have."

— Tadao Ando
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"When you see a fantastic colour or cut in a magazine, perched up on some famous so-and-so's head, it's tempting to ask your stylist for the same, but do not be fooled. The hair in those fancy photos can be very high maintenance."

— Beth Ditto
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