"For me, the creative process, first of all, requires a good nine hours of sleep a night. Second, it must not be pushed by the need to produce practical applications."

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Source : "William N. Lipscomb Jr., Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist, Dies at 91" by Glenn Rifkin, www.nytimes.com. April 15, 2011.

William Lipscomb

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“I have relied on prayer for health care all of my life.”
“In any given society the authority of man over man runs in inverse proportion to the intellectual development of that society.”
“People should not pass judgment until they have seen the film.”
“The more flesh you show, the higher up the ladder you go.”

Source : "Jerry Hall turns 57! Looking back at her hottest fashions and fierce Texan one-liners" by Lucy Buckland, www.mirror.co.uk. July 02, 2013.
“I wasn't able to make the full commitment until I met 'Celebrity Rehab's' Dr. Drew”
“When people say to me: would you rather be thought of as a funny man or a great boss? My answer's always the same, to me, they're not mutually exclusive.”
“Of course people don't want war. Why should a poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best thing he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece?”
“Governments have supported airlines as if they were local football teams. But there are just too many of them. This is the only industry I know that has lost money consistently and makes money infrequently.”

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