August Kekule Quotes
Carbon is, as may easily be shown and as I shall explain in greater detail later, tetrabasic or tetratomic, that is 1 atom of carbon = C = 12 is equivalent to 4 At.H.
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Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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I love New York. It's hard to explain, but it's the energy of the city. It's not like L.A. where everything is spread out.
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I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it.
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I need to be able to explain myself in context.
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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount.
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I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language.
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I'm all for typewriters, with instant carbon copies, and seeing films in cinemas.
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There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.
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Punk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
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You never question the truth of something until you have to explain it to a skeptic.
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It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.
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The number of natural hypothesis that can explain any given phenomena is infinite.
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You will be astonished when I tell you what this curious play of carbon amounts to. A candle will burn some four, five, six, or seven hours. What, then, must be the daily amount of carbon going up into the air in the way of carbonic acid! ... Then what becomes of it? Wonderful is it to find that the change produced by respiration ... is the very life and support of plants and vegetables that grow upon the surface of the earth.
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To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.
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The problem I have with carbon as a bad thing issue, is that people go out and say they want to be zero carbon. You see it everywhere.
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We need to fashion policies with proper incentives to reduce the amount of carbon we are putting in the atmosphere.
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If you show this devious little liar one atom's worth of compassion I will have you shot.
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Some actors - myself included - like to know where your character's going: you like to know what the arc is for the character so that you can plan where you're going to give beats for this, that, and the other and give the audience what they want. But on 'Homeland,' you do the opposite.
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She's kind of funny looking. Her face is out of balance--broad forehead, button nose, freckled cheeks, and pointy ears. A slammed-together, rough sort of face you can't ignore. Still, the whole package isn't so bad. For all I know maybe she's not so wild about her own looks, but she seems comfortable with who she is, and that's the important thing.
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Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going. Of course, some people never go beyond Expectations, but my job is to hurry them along whether they like it or not.
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Carbon is, as may easily be shown and as I shall explain in greater detail later, tetrabasic or tetratomic, that is 1 atom of carbon = C = 12 is equivalent to 4 At.H.
