"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."

-- Antoine Lavoisier

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“All oppression creates a state of war.”
“To be a good fighter pilot, there is one prime requisite think fast, and act faster.”

Source : John Trevor Godfrey (1958). “The look of eagles”
“Language is mankind’s greatest invention – except, of course, that it was never invented.”

Source : Guy Deutscher (2006). “The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention”, p.1, Macmillan
“It's funny because I think that both France and Britain are known for their distinctive styles, and everyone says that France is so chic and elegant but I think, more than that, French women are renowned for dressing in what suits them.”

Source : "Maje Fetes Alexa Chung in a French Meets British Fashion Collab". Interview with Kerry Pieri, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 12, 2012.
“Three women walk into a pub and say, `Hooray, we've colonised a male-dominated joke format'”
“All of us here are servants of the reading public. I am the head of the servants and I must show that I know better than any of the servants where the materials are found. I want to show that our service here is efficient and that we are really working to serve.”

Source : "Filipinos in History, Vol. 2" by National Historical Institute of the Philippines, 1989.
“The shapes we are creating are not abstract, they are absolute. They are released from any already existant thing in nature and their content lies in themselves.”

Source : Naum Gabo (2000). “Gabo on Gabo: Texts and Interviews”
“And you, Mom. I loved you. You've asked if i felt and understood that you loved me. of course I did. And you know this. I loved your love because it kept me safe and happy and wanted, and it existed beyond words and hugs and eyes.”

Source : Lisa Genova (2013). “Love Anthony”, p.302, Simon and Schuster

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