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Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different question.
~ Vera Rubin
Course
Different
Does
Enough
Matter
Question
Sex
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No observational problem will not be solved by more data.
~ Vera Rubin
Data
More
Problem
Solved
Will
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Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
~ Vera Rubin
Alter
Best
Force
Observations
Our
Preconceptions
Science
Us
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By about age 12, I would prefer to stay up and watch the stars than go to sleep. I started learning. I started going to the library and reading. But it was initially just watching the stars from my bedroom that I really did. There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night.
~ Vera Rubin
About
Age
Bedroom
Did
Every
Every Night
Go
Going
Initially
Interesting
Just
Learning
Library
Life
My Life
Night
Nothing
Prefer
Reading
Really
Sleep
Stars
Started
Stay
Than
Up
Watch
Watching
Would
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Don't let anyone keep you down for silly reasons such as who you are.
~ Vera Rubin
Anyone
Down
Keep
Reasons
Silly
Who
You
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Fame is fleeting. My numbers mean more to me than my name.
~ Vera Rubin
Fame
Fleeting
Me
Mean
More
Name
Numbers
Than
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I had the usual friends who pointed out constellations of stars. But it really was watching the stars. It was getting some sense of the motion of the earth. I found it a remarkable thing.
~ Vera Rubin
Constellations
Earth
Found
Friends
Getting
Had
Motion
Out
Pointed
Really
Remarkable
Sense
Some
Stars
Thing
Usual
Watching
Who
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I knew there was a school where women could study astronomy. So... it never occurred to me that I couldn't be an astronomer.
~ Vera Rubin
Astronomer
Astronomy
Could
Knew
Me
Never
Occurred
School
Study
Where
Women
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I think the question is, are there women and have there been women who want to do science and could be doing great science, but they never really got the opportunity?
~ Vera Rubin
Been
Could
Doing
Got
Great
I Think
Never
Opportunity
Question
Really
Science
Think
Want
Who
Women
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I try to do my science in a moral way, and, I believe that, ideally, science should be looked upon as something that helps us understand our role in the universe.
~ Vera Rubin
Believe
Helps
I Believe
I Believe That
Ideally
Looked
Moral
Our
Role
Science
Should
Something
Try
Understand
Universe
Us
Way
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I would prefer to stay up and watch the stars than sleep.
~ Vera Rubin
Prefer
Sleep
Stars
Stay
Than
Up
Watch
Would
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I'm Jewish, and so religion, to me, is a kind of moral code and a kind of history.
~ Vera Rubin
Code
History
Jewish
Kind
Me
Moral
Religion
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In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light matter is about a factor of ten. That's probably a good number for the ratio of our ignorance to knowledge. We're out of kindergarten, but only in about third grade.
~ Vera Rubin
About
Factor
Galaxy
Good
Grade
Ignorance
Kindergarten
Knowledge
Matter
Number
Only
Our
Out
Ratio
Spiral
Ten
Third
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In my own life, my science and my religion are separate.
~ Vera Rubin
Life
My Own
Own
Religion
Science
Separate
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My childhood bedroom - if childhood could be about ten years old - had a bed which was under windows which faced north. At about age 10, I started watching the stars just move through the night.
~ Vera Rubin
About
Age
Bed
Bedroom
Childhood
Could
Faced
Had
Just
Move
Night
North
Old
Stars
Started
Ten
Ten Years
Through
Watching
Which
Windows
Years
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My father was an electrical engineer. He's presently 92 and still could be holding down a job. He had a very analytical way of looking at things, and I enjoyed that very much. I think that was a very large influence.
~ Vera Rubin
Analytical
Could
Down
Electrical
Engineer
Enjoyed
Father
Had
He
Holding
I Think
Influence
Job
Large
Looking
Much
Still
Things
Think
Very
Way
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Nobody ever told us all matter radiated. We just assumed it did.
~ Vera Rubin
Assumed
Did
Ever
Just
Matter
Nobody
Us
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So important is this dark matter to our understanding of the size, shape, and ultimate fate of the universe that the search for it will very likely dominate astronomy for the next few decades.
~ Vera Rubin
Astronomy
Dark
Decades
Dominate
Fate
Few
Important
Likely
Matter
Next
Our
Search
Shape
Size
Ultimate
Understanding
Universe
Very
Will
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The conclusion is inescapable that non-luminous matter exists beyond the optical galaxy.
~ Vera Rubin
Beyond
Conclusion
Exists
Galaxy
Matter
Optical
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The real prize is finding something new out there.
~ Vera Rubin
Finding
New
Out
Prize
Real
Something
Something New
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AuthorName
Vera Rubin
Profession
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BirthDate
23 August, 1928
DeathDate
25 December, 2016
Country
United States
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