John Pople Quotes
Leaving England was a painful decision, and we still have some regrets about it. However, at that time, the research environment for theoretical chemistry was clearly better in the U.S.
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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I thought I was too intellectual to read something like 'Sweet Savage Love.'
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of care: and then, to so much of the rest of life, is indifferent. Whereas, the European hasn't got so much care in him, so he cares much more for life and living.
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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
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I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap valuable insight and information.
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I'm still learning my craft.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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If you go to a paintball subreddit, paintball companies can advertise to you.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
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Any idealism is a proper subject for art.
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In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.
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We're the first not-white family to ever live in the governor's mansion. My son-in-law is Puerto Rican. I have a beautiful little granddaughter who is half Korean and half Latina. I'm the only white guy in the house.
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Anybody with my background in the airline business who is not deaf is a fraud.
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The Sound of Music was just such an honour to be in, because it was a movie that appeals to so many people, and they just loved it so much and they still love it to this day.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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The pride people take in their work transcends to their homes, their education, families and communities.
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Leaving England was a painful decision, and we still have some regrets about it. However, at that time, the research environment for theoretical chemistry was clearly better in the U.S.
