Sam Kean Quotes

Everywhere in the universe, the periodic table has the same basic structure. Even if an alien civilization's table weren't plotted out in the castle-with-turrets shape we humans favor, their spiral or pyramidal or whatever-shaped periodic table would naturally pause after 118 elements.

Sam Kean

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UniverseTableAlienCivilization

I'm a pretty laid-back kind of guy. What I've always wanted to do is set up situations in our company where if people who worked there needed help, we would try to help them, and at the same token if the company needed help from people, they would help us. A kind of give and take.

Jerry Greenfield

PeopleHelpKindTryCompanyAlways

If you think there is anything in theater that objectively exists without your point of view attached, you are wrong.

Anna D. Shapiro

ThinkViewYouPoint Of ViewWrong

I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.

John Wooden

WarPeopleSayVietnam WarRights

A strong case can be made for religious leaders to speak out on political issues.

Tony Campolo

SpeakStrongPoliticalOutMade

I don't set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it's about.

Mitski

MoreWriteOutSomethingJustSet

I may not be Meryl Streep, but I am not untalented.

Mili Avital

I AmMayI May NotAmMeryl Streep

As I feel this life growing and moving inside of me, all of a sudden everything else is not as important. There's a level of perspective that is changing.

Judy Reyes

LifePerspectiveMeMovingFeel

The underdog is a person that's at risk, a person that has a lot of big trials you have to overcome. I mean, that was my life.

Chris Harris, Jr.

LifeUnderdogMy LifeYouPerson

I always wanted to ride a dragon myself, so I decided to do this for a year in my imagination.

Cornelia Funke

MyselfRideImaginationYearDragon

When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

FashionPersonRight

I try to eat healthily, but I love fried food and bad things. Give me a plate of bread, some oil and salt and I'm happy. But you can't eat like this all the time.

Penelope Cruz

LoveTimeFoodHappyMeYou

I think it's cool to get to know designers. There is some anxiety, maybe, that after you've met a designer, you want to be loyal to them and wear their clothes. And sometimes it's just not my style. But you have to be honest, and I don't really want to lie.

Morgan Saylor

StyleLieCoolThinkAnxietyYou

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