Harry Kroto Quotes
I think the most important thing that young people should be taught at school is how they can decide what they're being told is true.
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Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
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If I get in a relationship, it's always for the long-term; if not, I don't see the point.
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As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a moral high ground. As I've grown up, I've decided to abandon that because it made me judgmental and also stressed me out.
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I won't be making any friends in the corporate suites.
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It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.
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When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that.
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I want people to make sense of what I'm talking about.
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Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
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I think that not being loved by your parents or not having a brother or not being liked at school or even wearing glasses can be a lot worse than having a famous father.
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With hacky sack, somebody brought one to recess in sixth grade and it kind of all went downhill from there! The same with the yoyo's! One kid brought a yoyo one day and people started getting them. I just kept at it and found that I really loved it.
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Like 'Metro' and 'Motor,' 'Troublemaker' is written in first person. The only narration that happens is Barney speaking to the reader/thinking in her head. First person was a big challenge in the graphic novel because we want both men and women of all ages to enjoy 'Troublemaker.'
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Choose to patronise your local farmers; as eaters, you need to demand a different type of food. Appreciate the pigginess of the pig.
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As crazy as it sounds, my generation is very lazy.
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I used to want to be a lawyer, but I didn't want to have half my brain sucked out.
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I thought I'd be married and a father by 35.
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Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
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I believe gelato is meant to be treated as medicine and taken daily as a prescription.
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A woman comes to a table, and you're supposed to get up. Period. But I don't always do it. In general, you're supposed to do it every time. But sometimes you're seated against the wall, and it's awkward.
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The question I ask myself when adapting a book is how do I be true to the spirit and soul of the character? How would I describe this character in my medium? If you asked one person to do a painting of something and another to create a sculpture of it, you'll never ask, 'Why doesn't the painting look like the sculpture?'
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I played American Legion ball starting when I was 14. But I didn't catch until I was 17. I was 75-3 as a high school pitcher, but it was like everybody knew that I was supposed to be a catcher. When the scouts would come around, and I was pitching, they'd make me take infield practice so the scouts could watch me throw.
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I think the most important thing that young people should be taught at school is how they can decide what they're being told is true.
