John Polanyi Quotes

In the late 1950s a major topic under discussion was whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons.

John Polanyi

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Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

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In India, at the community level, young men are playing an absolutely essential role in changing the cultural norms and deeply held practices concerning women. They are doing this in a way that not only empowers women and girls, but really empowers the young men as well.

Melanne Verveer

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Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills have improved immensely as I've gone more solo, because I've had this opportunity.

John Oates

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When you look at things like Flickr and Youtube, they are specialised blogging systems, so why hasn't blogging encompassed that ease of functionality?

Matt Mullenweg

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We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

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I'm not avoiding Fox, but they don't seem to want me to be on their shows much. I can't understand that.

Michael Avenatti

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I feel like history is about going and discovering the great human stories that just are every bit as relevant as anything that's going on today.

Tom Reiss

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I feel like if I had my personality but was an OB/GYN, you would be psyched. You'd be like, 'My chatty, pop-culture-interested but plainspoken, wants-to-talk-about-clothes but serious-minded doctor.' I feel like I would clean up with patients. That's kind of a cocky thing to say.

Mindy Kaling

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At first I had some idea that the absence of color made the work more physical. Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from different directions.

Jasper Johns

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I love filming in London. In New York, every street is familiar because you have seen it in a movie. They mythologise their own city. You're forever trying to get down streets that have been blocked off because of shooting. In London, they don't put up with it; they're grumpy.

Douglas Hodge

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Some of the most hard-working, generous people I've met in my whole life didn't really want to vote for him but did. My calling is to step onto the other side and humanise and portray the struggles of many Trump voters.

Chloe Zhao

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My parents were definitely on the incentive side of parenting. Like, they told me that my father had learned to read when he was three. So, of course, I thought I had to, too.

Chelsea Clinton

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