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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Quotes

Surfactants allow us to protect a water surface and to generate these beautiful soap bubbles, which are the delight of our children.

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: physicist
Nationality: french
Birth: October 24, 1932 - May 18, 2007

Topics

Beautiful Children Water Protect Us

Validation is easy - you run your site through a validator, and it's either valid or it isn't. The rest of the stuff, such as whether my logo or the biggest headline should be the h1 in my HTML, isn't so easy and is subject to interpretation.

Jeffrey Zeldman

Rest Easy You Run Interpretation

'Amusement' is appealing because we don't have to think; it spares us the fear and anxiety that might otherwise prey on our thoughts.

Fear Thoughts Think Anxiety Prey Us

When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values in me: hard work, loyalty. He grew up during the Great Depression in Philly in poverty - he didn't have enough to eat as a kid. Sometimes his family would get kicked out of their apartment because they couldn't pay the rent.

Work Family Hard Work Morning Great

I think the long-term effect of video on cinema is good in that what we are now getting up there on the screen is of superior quality. Videos are just so much more sensitive to the world.

Good Quality World Think Cinema Now

Becoming interested in poetics got me interested in theater. Theater is supposed to be poetry, you know, before it's anything else. It just doesn't fly if it isn't musical.

Poetry Me Fly You Know Anything

I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.

Shirley Chisholm

Achievement Potential America Measure

Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you.

You Sometimes Up Excited Against

I lived in New York for 10 years; I followed the Rangers. Now I live in L.A. I want to adopt a team. I'm always going to be a Kansas City Chiefs and Royals fan. I want to adopt a team in a new town, so I've adopted the Kings.

Live New York City Team Kings New

I'm kosher except for times where I eat pork and shellfish.

Eat Pork Where Except Kosher Times

Generally speaking, I love a workout that includes stretching and toning exercises for legs and core on the mat paired with ballet-inspired cardio and Barre exercises to get the heart rate up and take the results to the next level.

Mary Helen Bowers

Love Heart Results Legs Next Level

I think that in the blogosphere, the idea is to have the most controversial stuff up.

Think Up Controversial Idea Stuff

I don't think there has been a huge shift. Most of the films still focus on Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, etc. The percentage of films that have someone like a Kangana Ranaut shining in it is really low.

Focus Think Someone Low Shift Been

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