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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I think I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while, and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny, pretty things.
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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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In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.
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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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I know where I want to get to, and I know where I want to be still in my career.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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If you care about yourself and what you do, you get nervous about it. You just don't take the money and go home.
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My earliest memories were on the cattle stations up in the Outback. And then we moved back to Melbourne and then back out there and then back again. Probably my most vivid memories were up there in Bulman with crocodiles and buffalo.
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To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself.
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If things go wrong and you hit a dead end-as you will-it's just life's way of saying it's time to change course.
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It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.
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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.
