"If the atoms in [a] decimetre cube of lead were all put into a chain side by side the same distance apart as they are in the normal lead, the strings of atoms so formed would reach over six million million miles."

-- Francis William Aston

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“You carry all the ingredients to turn your existence into joy. Mix them, Mix them!”
“How wrong Emily Dickinson was! Hope is not "the thing with feathers." The thing with feathers has turned out to be my nephew. I must take him to a specialist in Zurich.”
“My great project is to undo the moral and intellectual damage of most universities”
“The technical process which is interesting in it's own right but I think the creative process is what's more intriguing to me.”

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“using parking meters as walking sticks.”
“Skateistan's not just about skating. Itâ€™s giving people life skills and hope for the future.”
“The peculiar dignity of men seen eating alone in restaurants on national holidays”

Source : Stanley Elkin (1967). “Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & Criers”
“Our own unresolved authority problems from our youth sometimes get transferred to our youthful patients, because we are still "covert adolescent rebels." In subtle ways, we encourage the adolescent patient to rebel towards parents, school authorities, and society in general.”

Source : "Adolescence: Guiding Youth Through the Perilous Ordeal". Book by Miller Newton, 1995.

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