"I cannot but regard the ether, which can be the seat of an electromagnetic field with its energy and its vibrations, as endowed with a certain degree of substantiality, however different it may be from all ordinary matter."

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Source : Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1916). “The Theory of Electrons and Its Applications to the Phenomena of Light and Radiant Heat”

Hendrik Lorentz

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“Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed.”

Source : "Why I'm Leaving the Senate" by Evan Bayh, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 21, 2010.
“Our bodies crave exercise, and reward us in so many ways when we do so.”

Source : Jeff Galloway (2008). “Running: Getting Started”, p.59, Meyer & Meyer Verlag
“A harem lacks variety compared to a woman with whom you are deeply in love.”
“I don't think my spirituality has affected my character. I feel like my character is much more cynical about his beliefs, and I think I have to kind of drop what I believe in order to play him.”
“Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a compelling and true solution.”

Source : Theodosius Dobzhansky (1962). “Mankind Evolving: The Evolustion of the Human Species”
“The black line is carbon emissions to date. The red line is the status quo - a projection of where emissions will go if no new substantial policy is passed to restrain greenhouse gas emissions.”
“To the Somali, the Amerikaan is weird, to the American GI, the Somali is an ingrate and a skinny.”
“Time goes on, even when yer not looking.”

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