"Probably our atomic weights merely represent a mean value around which the actual atomic weights of the atoms vary within certain narrow limits... when we say, the atomic weight of, for instance, calcium is 40, we really express the fact that, while the majority of calcium atoms have an actual atomic weight of 40, there are not but a few which are represented by 39 or 41, a less number by 38 or 42, and so on."

-- William Crookes

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“If you were not full of self-pity you would soon observe that we ourselves are to blame for all this evil, because we refuse to understand that it is in reality a good thing.”
“I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.”
“I think that the idea of straight edge, the song that I wrote, and the way people have related it it, there's some people who have abused it, they've allowed their fundamentalism to interfere with the real message, which in my mind, was that people should be allowed to live their lives the way they want to.”

Source : Scene Point Blank Interview, www.scenepointblank.com. October 16, 2010.
“I'm thankful for Sarah Palin's vice presidential bid, which taught us that Alaska is not in a box off the coast of California.”
“Robotics are beginning to cross that line from absolutely primitive motion to motion that resembles animal or human behavior.”
“Seeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to others much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the look of love which they crave.”
“Two persons who love each other are in a place more holy than the interior of a church.”
“I didn't understand how to get a practice space or buy gear - I never thought I could do any of that - let alone get in front of people and play the songs.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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