"I have seen many phases of life; I have moved in imperial circles, I have been a Minister of State; but if I had to live my life again, I would always remain in my laboratory, for the greatest joy of my life has been to accomplish original scientific work, and, next to that, to lecture to a set of intelligent students."

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Source : "Tallulah: My Autobiography". Book by Tallulah Bankhead, 1952.

Jean-Baptiste Dumas

#Intelligent Quotes #Circles Quotes #Joy Quotes

“In discussing Barbarism and Christianity I have actually been discussing the Fall of Rome.”
“For us, the idea was not to get involved more than necessary in the fight against the Russians, which was the business of the Americans, but rather to show our solidarity with our Islamist brothers. I discovered that it was not enough to fight in Afghanistan, but that we had to fight on all fronts against communist or Western oppression. The urgent thing was communism, but the next target was America... This is an open war up to the end, until victory.”
“The stock market can be down, but the stock market is not an indication of where people's spirits and enthusiam are, and where their intellectual energy is.”
“I'd never taken an SAT prep course. They were for weaker students.”
“The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon.”

Source : Russell Lynes (1966). “Confessions of a dilettante”
“Let go of your ego's need to be right. When you're in the middle of an argument, ask yourself: Do I want to be right or be happy? When you choose the joyous, loving, spiritual mode, your connection to intention is strengthened.”
“Self-mutilation is a frightening barrier that keeps us from seeing a person who is lost, in pain, and in desperate need of help.”

Source : Steven Levenkron (1999). “Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation”, p.19, W. W. Norton & Company
“Or in other works I have also projected the sound in a cube of loudspeakers. The sound can move vertically and diagonally at all speeds around the public.”

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