Sam Kean Quotes
Unlike uranium, plutonium was created in an American lab in 1940, but scientists soon realized that it could produce even wilder chain reactions and even bigger explosions. In fact, fearing another country would create it, too, the American government went to great lengths to keep even the existence of plutonium a secret.
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It would be the ultimate dream for me to win an Academy Award, be in love and have kids. Then I would say, 'Life is great! I have done everything I wanted.'
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I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.
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I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.
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After Brown, I went to Duke, to a Ph.D. program in American literature. My dad's an English professor. After a year there, I was like, 'Jesus. I don't want to do this. I don't want to be in the library.' So I pulled the ripcord, and that was it.
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Our rights come from God, not the government.
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The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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We have to build a better education in this country. We need to step it up.
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I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.
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Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.
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New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
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There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own.
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I'm actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.
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That's the great thing about G.I. Joe: it's essentially superheroes, but it's military based - and it's based in reality.
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I don't have a great imagination to share something with you that you don't know, so it's about interpreting things - a dialogue.
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Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.
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The ultimate, if distant, aim of the Bauhaus is the unified work of art - the great structure - in which there is no distinction between monumental and decorative art.
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When you bring in multi-brand retail items into the country, you're not just bringing the products, but you're also harming local manufacturers.
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To respond to people's needs, humanitarian action has evolved from a temporary fix to a long-term safety net.
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AugustineThe wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy. To love with sternness is better than to deceive with gentleness.... In Luke [14:23] it is written: "Compel people to come in!" By threats of the wrath of God, the Father draws souls to his Son.
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We didn't have any real proper school. We did not have a place to go to learn to dance and the joy of dancing.
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There's always something to talk about.
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I Know You Care' is about my dad. And I haven't seen him for a long, long time. And my parents divorced when I was really young. And I guess I just wanted a - it was my way of saying that I wasn't bitter or angry anymore. I was just sad and just felt like something was missing.
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Unlike uranium, plutonium was created in an American lab in 1940, but scientists soon realized that it could produce even wilder chain reactions and even bigger explosions. In fact, fearing another country would create it, too, the American government went to great lengths to keep even the existence of plutonium a secret.
