"Reagents are regarded as acting by virtue of a constitutional affinity either for electrons or for nuclei... the terms electrophilic (electron-seeking) and nucleophilic (nucleus-seeking) are suggested... and the organic molecule, in the activation necessary for reaction, is therefore required to develop at the seat of attack either a high or low electron density as the case may be."

-- Christopher Kelk Ingold

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“You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist, ...”
“I do not come to God so that Jesus can give me what I want. But I must come to God so that Jesus will grant me what I need.”
“Expedition EVEREST adds a new dimension to our storytelling in Disney's Animal Kingdom. It's a thrilling adventure themed to the folklore of the mysterious yeti.”
“Peaceable times are the best to live in, though not so proper to furnish materials for a writer.”
“Arise, soldiers of Christ, throw away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.”
“All you need is to know what you want, and to want it badly enough so that it will stay in your thoughts.”
“We're all better off...when we're all better off.”

Source : Eric Liu, Nick Hanauer (2011). “The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government”, p.79, Sasquatch Books
“I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future.”

Source : David Gerrold (2014). “A Covenant of Justice: Trackers, Book Two”, p.98, BenBella Books, Inc.

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