Wilhelm Ostwald Quotes
The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e.g. water, and hence its properties can alter without a change in composition was disposed of by the formal view that a physical, not a chemical, process was involved.
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Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.
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Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make it fun for everybody, and it's fun when you win.
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It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.
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I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.
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I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
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I believe in the future, and to be a good investor, you have to believe in the future.
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'The Lego Movie?' I've never heard of it.
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I love the homely atmosphere of Indore and Bhopal. People here are very warm and affectionate.
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Guinea pigs are practically synonymous with experiments. Lab rats have become the workhorses of modern medicine. Genetics owes a huge debt to the humble fruit fly. There's almost no branch of the life sciences, in fact, that hasn't leaned heavily on one animal or another.
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You can't make the audience fall in love with a character you don't like.
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There's just something so special about 'God Made Girls.' It comes from a girl's perspective, and there's nothing like that on radio right now, and so I think that's what made us able to pick that song as a single.
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I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals.
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When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths or to reject absurdities and palpable contradictions.
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I can't stand wearing the same clothes all day. It makes me insane. I like to dress for the afternoon and for dinner.
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Restricting the religious impulses of Americans is precisely like killing free enterprise with too many regulations.
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To be crazy is not necessarily to writhe in snake pits or converse with imaginary gods. It can sometimes be not knowing what to do in the morning.
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I've been water-boarded, and I speak from experience, and it's torture.
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A people that grows accustomed to sloppy writing is a people in the process of losing grip on its empire and on itself.
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The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e.g. water, and hence its properties can alter without a change in composition was disposed of by the formal view that a physical, not a chemical, process was involved.
