Antoine Lavoisier Quotes
If everything in chemistry is explained in a satisfactory manner without the help of phlogiston, it is by that reason alone infinitely probable that the principle does not exist; that it is a hypothetical body, a gratuitous supposition; indeed, it is in the principles of good logic, not to multiply bodies without necessity.
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I think 4 percent growth is a good goal. And I think the fact that we have become used to an economy that sort of putt putts along between 1 and 2 percent is sort of tragic.
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This town was built on nepotism.
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You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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If I wasn't in fashion, I would have been a psychiatrist.
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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No days off. I'm a workaholic.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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I've never had a job. I've never needed to.
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You care enough, that you want your life to be fulfilled in a living way, not in a painting way, not in a writing way... you really do want it to be involving in living, corresponding with other living objects, moving, changing, that kind of thing.
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I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.
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All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
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You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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My mom told me if I ever got a tattoo, she was going to take it off with a potato peeler.
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I have a wonderful piano that I really love: a handmade Yamaha grand. Sometimes I'm sitting there, and it sounds so good that I find some little melody or a phrase that leads me into a song, but probably more often than not, I actually grab a notebook.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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My mom had me when she was 19 or 20. And my father was 22 or something. They were working on whatever they could, both of them aiming to be actors in theater.
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In the world we make good as evil and evil as good.
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I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been on stage with different directors. That was a pretty good school room.
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Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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If everything in chemistry is explained in a satisfactory manner without the help of phlogiston, it is by that reason alone infinitely probable that the principle does not exist; that it is a hypothetical body, a gratuitous supposition; indeed, it is in the principles of good logic, not to multiply bodies without necessity.
