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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I was lucky enough to meet someone when I was about 46 and had my first child when I was 48, so I got started late, but I also got all that other stuff out of the way and was at a point where I could be a consistent presence at home.
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When I was young, I used to have successes with women because I was young. Now I have successes with women because I am old. Middle age was the hardest part.
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Some people say they use images to help them remember intricacies. Others say they just remember. If they are able to form an image of the face, it is because they remember how it was: it is not that an image guides memory, but that memory produces an image, or the sense of imaging. We have no agreed way to talk clearly about such things.
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Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
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But parents and schools have their priorities; making sure our kids eat right because research shows a clear connection between nutrition and student performance in school.
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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.
