Leo Baekeland Quotes
Well, it was kind of an accident, because plastic is not what I meant to invent. I had just sold photograph paper to Eastman Kodak for 1 million dollars.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.
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Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.
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In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
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I don't know if I have a brand. I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf. I guess I'm kind of the feel-good story who's seen every level of professional golf.
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Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see.
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I'm an aggressive fighter, but I'm smart. I'm not going to play stupid.
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After the dotcom boom blew up, it increased the focus on questions like, 'Why should I trust you to help run my business? How do I know you're not going to go away like every other company?' That was hard. We had to keep proving ourselves.
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Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy.
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I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.
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I am frequently attacked.
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I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.
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I live off a motto that says, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery'. I have goals and agendas. Where ever I'll be tomorrow, that's where I'll be.
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When I was 23, I moved to Australia to be with this 43-year-old con artist I fell in love with.
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Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time; He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession. He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme A long while before Queen Victoria's accession.
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There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.
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Spangling the wave with lights as vainAs pleasures in the vale of pain,That dazzle as they fade.
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I think that once you’ve seen the ways in which lots of these animals are killed and how brutal and grotesque and unnecessary it is, I think that people would automatically choose not to wear fur.
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It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
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If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it.
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Well, it was kind of an accident, because plastic is not what I meant to invent. I had just sold photograph paper to Eastman Kodak for 1 million dollars.
