George M. Whitesides Quotes

Science has the potential to solve all kinds of problems, but it depends on what a society wants to accomplish.

George M. Whitesides

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I probably owe my political dismay to New Labour, but also my growing sense that the satirical shape of human affairs is international and historical, not glued to the tawdry ambitions of a team of politicians who represent nothing but themselves.

Andrew O'Hagan

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'Almost' can be a polite way of saying something definitely. It withholds the obvious and dangles it just long enough.

Andre Aciman

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I realized that, while I would never be my mother nor have her life, the lesson she had left me was that it was possible to love and care for a man and still have at your core a strength so great that you never even needed to put it on display.

Anna Quindlen

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The first 10 years of my education were spent at a Catholic school in Springfield, Mass.

Ann Dowd

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Back in the early days of WWE, I remember doing 20 interviews every Tuesday, one right after the other on different topics.

Roddy Piper

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I always say that AMC hires filmmakers, and they let them be filmmakers.

Michelle MacLaren

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You know, the taxing authority of the United States is our most powerful weapon. You know, the reason we separated from England was because the British were using it abusively.

Judd Gregg

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The idea that women were oppressed throughout history is an appalling theory.

Jordan Peterson

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I've done a lot of things with theater that I'm very, very proud of.

Dennis Christopher

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'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.

Christiane Amanpour

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I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head.

Antonio Banderas

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If you smash a city when you're trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain for the defenders while blocking the access for your own armoured vehicles.

Antony Beevor

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