Antoine Lavoisier Quotes
Thus, while I thought myself employed only in forming a Nomenclature, and while I proposed to myself nothing more than to improve the chemical language, my work transformed itself by degrees, without my being able to prevent it, into a treatise upon the Elements of Chemistry.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out their call to holiness.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
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But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
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But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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Any show that's bringing in a young audience is doing a good thing, because that's the only way that theater will continue to grow. All the other audience members are going to be dead soon!
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Get into the habit of singing a tune. It will give you new life and fill you with joy. Get into the habit of dancing. It will displace depression and dispel hardship.
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Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.
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One of the questions writers bump up against in their work, whether they know it or not, is about lying. Because fiction is a form of deceit, and one's abilities are measured by how convincingly one can persuade readers that these events really happened.
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I need to have a great deal of control and the ability to share my control with my collaborators and grant them the freedom and the quality of work I think these people deserve. If I don't have those elements, I walk away.
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Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand.
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Thus, while I thought myself employed only in forming a Nomenclature, and while I proposed to myself nothing more than to improve the chemical language, my work transformed itself by degrees, without my being able to prevent it, into a treatise upon the Elements of Chemistry.
