"On my return to Pittsburgh, I resolved to go back to the fundamental problems of electronic structure that I had contemplated abstractly many years earlier."

-- John Pople

#Years Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes #Pittsburgh Quotes

“Other people's children's birthday parties are the most joyful events you will ever resent having to attend.”
“Influence follows close upon the heels of character; and whatever we are, that we shall in the end be acknowledged to be.”

Source : Caroline Wells Healey Dall (1860). “Historical pictures retouched: A volume of miscellanies. In two parts”, p.169
“The distinction between private and public undermines the unity of spiritual strength, draining the public of the transcendent energies while trivializing them because the merely private life provides no proper stage for their action.”
“It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.”

Source : Lois Lowry (2011). “The Giver (illustrated; gift edition)”, p.196, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Those opportunity gaps begin early, often at birth. And they compound over time, becoming harder and harder to bridge, making too many young men and women feel like, no matter how hard they try, they may never achieve their dreams.”
“Long ago I learned nothing gets done by just wishing it. You have to do it.”
“To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate.”
“A novel is a daily labor over a period of years. A novel is a job. But a story can be like a mad, lovely visitor, with whom you spend a rather exciting weekend.”

Source : FaceBook post by Lorrie Moore from Jul 24, 2014

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