Richard Smalley Quotes
I know that, except for carbon, there would be no life in the universe. Except for this one atom, there would be no life. Well, why? When you think about it, it does get spooky. Encountering these molecules are spiritual experiences similar to what I remember in church as a child, only these are more serious.
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I've ended up on some website list or some other list for super right-wing people. They've been tweeting some pretty rude stuff at me, so I think there's a sect of America out there that doesn't like certain opinions and can really take their claws out when they don't like what you're saying.
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The Doobie Brothers are one of my favorites of all time.
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A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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On a Friday night in 1983, I was in a taxi in New York riding home from dinner with friends. A drunk driver ran a red light and hit the cab, and I was thrown toward the glass partition. I tried to duck, but my face hit the glass, and the impact fractured my cheekbone, my eye socket, my collarbone and several ribs.
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It's great to play someone who's so unafraid of being who she is.
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It's strong to be vulnerable. To be able to communicate with other women is one of the most powerful things.
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The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
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If I get a bad review, I don't take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion.
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I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.
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At the end of the day, the government, local government all bow to public pressure.
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Moving to L.A. when I was 11 was when my entrepreneurialism started because it's the land of the American dream.
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Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it.
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The speed of the fleet is not determined by the fastest vessel; rather it is determined by the slowest one.
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Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals with no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.
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The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition. It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation to our aspirations and valuations.
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At root, the Tea Party is nothing more than a them-versus-us thing.
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Pop music - deriving from the word 'popular' - for me, it's just great to be a part of music that reaches a large amount of people and not just a small amount of people.
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You can't take back an act you were able to think.
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My favorite business book of all time is experience.
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It's been so long since I made love, I can't even remember who gets tied up.
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There's a finite amount of time on this planet for each of us. Sometimes, the only way we figure out how to deal with that reality - knowing that there will be an end to every story, and you don't know how many chapters are left in your book - is by living in denial.
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My favorite album is 'Ram' by Paul and Linda McCartney.
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I know that, except for carbon, there would be no life in the universe. Except for this one atom, there would be no life. Well, why? When you think about it, it does get spooky. Encountering these molecules are spiritual experiences similar to what I remember in church as a child, only these are more serious.
