"I must confess it was very unexpected and I am very startled at my metamorphosis into a chemist."

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Source : "Nobel Laureates and Twentieth-Century Physics". Book by Mauro Dardo, p. 69, 2004.

Ernest Rutherford

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“A book and a movie are different animals. You need a cinematic perspective to be involved in the motion pictures. And this is something I lack.”
“He who has far to ride spares his horse.”
“Consciousness permits us to develop the instruments of culture - morality and justice, religion, art, economics and politics, science and technology. Those instruments allow us some measure of freedom in the confrontation with nature.”

Source : "Self Comes to Mind". Interview with Jonah Lehrer, www.wired.com. November 8, 2010.
“Be fond of hearing rather than of talking.”
“Quite frankly, Barack Obama knows what it's like to pay a mortgage and student loans. He knows what it's like to watch a beloved family member in a medical crisis and worry that treatment is out of reach. Barack Obama knows our struggles. And, my friends, he shares our values.”

Source : "Ted Strickland Speech Text: Read The Former Governor’s DNC Remarks". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 04, 2012.
“You can't plan to write a great song. It just happens to you. It drops in your lap. It's the same thing with a woman.”
“My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you've listened to them carefully and you still think that you're right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.”
“To be inspired - that's the secret.”

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