Mildred Dresselhaus Quotes

I would say the first three or four papers on nano-thermoelectricity in bismuth went almost unnoticed, but all of a sudden when Dirac cones came along - pop! - there was huge interest in bismuth-related materials.

Mildred Dresselhaus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 11, 1930 - February 20, 2017

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I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I began to become aware of how so much of my art and architecture has a decidedly Eastern character.

Maya Lin

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If I have to do a red carpet, and there is a whole team, then it is an hour with the hair and make-up. But if I am just going out with friends, it is 15 minutes max in front of the mirror. A quick five minutes on my face, and I always wear my hair up.

Meghan Markle

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The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'.

John McCarthy

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In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it.

Robert McChesney

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Our sound is different because it's who we are as a band.

Matthew Ramsey

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I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be the mother, daughter, sister, lover, wife. And the thing about music is, with me, that she's a harsh mistress. She does not come to me in the midst of stress.

Anita Baker

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After 'Where The Wild Things Are,' which was this big, long five-year project, I spent a year making small things.

Spike Jonze

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I've always just tried to be a guy who will lead by example, and I feel like if something has to be said, I will say it.

Mike Daniels

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I do get a lot of requests for specific things.

Michael Winslow

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I don't have anything against Jimmy Fallon. I love him; he's a kick.

Michele Bachmann

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I don't look at paying $8 billion for the directories business of Qwest as the thing that would really excite me... I'm looking at a connection to the human being where it's interesting.

Craig McCaw

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