Sam Kean Quotes
After about 1940, scientists generally stopped looking for elements in nature. Instead, they had to create them by smashing smaller atoms together.
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I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
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To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
Vanilla Ice
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
Nat Wolff
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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
Talcott Parsons
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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Teens want to read something that isn't a lie; we adults wish we could put our heads under the blankets and hide from the scary story we're writing for our kids.
Paolo Bacigalupi
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
Xavier Dolan
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All of us grow.
Foster Friess
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
Florentijn Hofman
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
Vanessa Mae
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If it's really beautiful weather, sometimes I might take a helicopter out. I got my license in 1999.
Patricia Cornwell
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When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.
Dan Quayle
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In Iran, fundamentalism was fuelled to an extent by the regime of the Shah being supported by the West.
Salman Rushdie
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The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.
Gabrielle Union
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
Gary Sherman
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It's interesting, the things you learn when you're 21. I learned never to get tattoos in the middle of shooting a movie. Because if you're not Angelina Jolie or Megan Fox, they will fire you.
Katee Sackhoff
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In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.
Caprice Bourret
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I love being in a courtroom.
Kamala Harris
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I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write.
Anthony Minghella
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Just look at the great Nelson Mandela. He came out of prison and saved his entire country. Some of the best people in the world have spent time in prison.
George Foreman
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There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.
Nancy Kerrigan
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After about 1940, scientists generally stopped looking for elements in nature. Instead, they had to create them by smashing smaller atoms together.
Sam Kean