Humphry Davy Quotes
But if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would, indeed be a civil war of the worst description: we should rather, through the instrumentality of the men of science soften the asperities of national hostility. Davy's remarks to Thomas Poole on accepting Napoleon's prize for the best experiment on Galvanism.
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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Many, many people of the Revolutionary generation, the generation that fought in the Revolutionary War, understood that slavery was somehow in contradiction to what America was saying it was. And many of those folks also, at the very least, gave land to African Americans when they were liberated.
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When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours;.
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I like the language in Proust but not the context.
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As you get older, the summer is less of a vacation and more of a training period by yourself away from the team. It's exciting for me. I felt like I've been really getting better as far as my conditioning every single season as I get older.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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I'm not afraid to admit that I'm a relatively slow reader.
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Women are made to be loved, not understood.
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Parents do bear some of the responsibility if they don't talk to their kids, are never around, even deny their kids the love that young girls often crave when they decide to have a baby.
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I love the exploration of someone who has such a different background from you. That exploration runs to compassion and to cracking yourself open and creating more understanding of how weird and amazing life is.
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Senator McCain is Israel's most unconditional ally in Mossad's machinations, something that even his worst adversaries would have been able to imagine. McCain participated alongside this secret service in the creation of the Islamic State, which has appropriated a considerable part of Iraq as well as a third of Syria, according to its affirmations.
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I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'
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I know what I try to do. I try to be professional, turn up, not make too much fuss, do the job.
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Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce.
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You could double the number of synaptic connections in a very simple neurocircuit as a result of experience and learning. The reason for that was that long-term memory alters the expression of genes in nerve cells, which is the cause of the growth of new synaptic connections.
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A house full of new furniture doesn't mean a whole lot.
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Therapy is extremely expensive. Popping bubble wrap is radically cheap.
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But if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would, indeed be a civil war of the worst description: we should rather, through the instrumentality of the men of science soften the asperities of national hostility. Davy's remarks to Thomas Poole on accepting Napoleon's prize for the best experiment on Galvanism.
