John Cornforth Quotes

In 1967, I had formed a collaboration with Hermann Eggerer, then of Muenchen, and together, we solved the problem of the 'asymmetric methyl group' and applied the solution in some of the many ways that have proved possible.

John Cornforth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: September 7, 1917 - December 8, 2013

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There are some countries where there is not an issue with women in physics. Malaysia, for example, has physics departments where 60 per cent of undergraduates are female, and France and Italy are strong, too. It is not about ability but more about what the culture says is appropriate.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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To you people out there, you producers and you network owners and you agents and you creative sparks, please give transgender talent a chance. Give them auditions. Give them their story. Do that.

Jeffrey Tambor

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I've learned that all investments have risk.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

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I'm excited about how books work in a digital age. When you read a book, unlike a film, you are decoding symbols in order to 'see' the story, so it is collaborative in a way that a film can never be.

Steven Hall

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Two years ago, of course, I was just a rookie and listened to everybody. In a way I am still a rookie. I'm only 23 and I'll be surrounded by great players who have played in a lot more Ryder Cups than myself. But the rankings say I am the best player at the moment and so that brings a responsibility.

Rory McIlroy

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I do like to write but I also like to get and out and play. I am losing track of all the Cooper versions that I do - I have one for Iceland, different one over here.

Michael Owen Bruce

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WikiLeaks, God bless them, will save lives as a result of their actions.

Michael Moore

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One of the things that interests me about the Regency period is how women began to stir under the thumbs of men, wanting more and bigger freedoms.

Julia London

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America might be a dying empire, but it's not going to die in our lifetime - and it doesn't have to die at all.

Jason Calacanis

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When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone.

Chris Cooper

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There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants peace.

David Trimble

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The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.

Brian Tracy

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