Humanity, surely, needs practical men who make the best of their work for the sake of their own interests, without forgetting the general interest. But it also needs dreamers, for whom the unselfish following of a purpose is so imperative that it becomes impossible for them to devote much attention to their own material benefit.
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Marie Curie 1867–1934 · Polish-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity; the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. Wikipedia