Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Quotes
What do we mean by soft matter? Americans prefer to call it 'complex fluids.' This is a rather ugly name, which tends to discourage the young students.Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
Tamsin Greig -
At first, I was hesitant when it came to giving autographs, thinking that I am not even worth giving one. But slowly I got over that phase.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.
Tamra Davis -
I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!
Ice Cube -
My sister and I had resolved never to become teachers because the job seemed to demand so much. My mother always seemed to be working. Our dining room table was cluttered with papers waiting to be read and graded.
Randi Weingarten -
I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
Karen Elson
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If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.
Abu Bakr -
There are over 1 million refugees in Lebanon, a country of 4 million people. How do we solve that? I have no idea. What's going on, I really don't know.
Rabih Alameddine -
I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.
Zoe Saldana -
I don't have any style icons, but I get inspiration from my friends. My style motto is that it is better to be overdressed than underdressed.
Hannah Kearney -
I think I am the same kind of person I would have been if I wasn't an actor. I am not a robot.
Dakota Fanning -
People come out of the mid-west and go to the Ivy League. I kind of reversed the direction.
E. L. Doctorow
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I don't really know what 'a dark place' means. I have windows in my house, and I'm generally an upbeat person! A lot of people throw that word at me because I wear a lot of black and leather.
Natalia Kills -
I have had brown hair and bangs since I was 2. One year I dyed it blonde, which felt so weird.
Zooey Deschanel -
Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.
Mamie Gummer -
In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died – an entire town destroyed.
Barack Obama -
And that’s why we support societies that empower women - because no country will reach its potential unless it draws on the talents of our wives and our mothers, and our sisters and our daughters.
Barack Obama -
Some of the smartest people in the world never talk cause they got more sense than everybody else.
Aberjhani
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
Rachel Johnson -
I like to find the beauty in the ugly. When I'm in a thrift store, I gravitate toward pieces I know I'll wear a ton, and insane pieces that I'm sure most people would consider gross. But I find them inspiring. Our van is currently stocked with some of my random findings from this tour. Maybe I'll call my aesthetic 'van fashion.'
Victoria Legrand Beach House -
It is only very ugly or very beautiful women who ever hide their faces.
Oscar Wilde -
What do we mean by soft matter? Americans prefer to call it 'complex fluids.' This is a rather ugly name, which tends to discourage the young students.
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes