Sam Kean Quotes

When first presented with the jumble of the periodic table, I scanned for mercury and couldn't find it. It is there - between gold, which is also dense and soft, and thallium, which is also poisonous. But the symbol for mercury, Hg, consists of two letters that don't even appear in its name.

Sam Kean

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GoldNameFindTableLettersFirst

With acting, you have to become someone else. That's the fun part of it for me - to step outside of yourself and become a character. I guess being Jimmy Cliff is a little bit of a character, too.

Jimmy Cliff

CharacterYourselfFunStepMeYou

We should always be trying to tear down the walls and say, 'I'm no different than you.'

Jim James

WallsTryingYouDownSayAlways

Real vision demands that we make tough choices. Real vision is responsible and it is paid for.

Michael F. Easley

VisionToughChoicesResponsible

I was completely unqualified to get into Harvard. But then I went to my interview for Harvard, and the woman asked, 'Why do you want to go here?' And I took out all of my comedy writing samples that I had done. I couldn't have been more delusional in terms of what I thought they wanted in a candidate for college.

Mike Birbiglia

WomanCollegeWritingThoughtComedy

I've had moments of thinking maybe I should go on Twitter. It's something that I've been shy about, and I've thought that maybe I should do it.

Michelle Dockery

ThinkingThoughtMomentsGoShy

With pop music and pop musicians, you know everything about everyone all the time, particularly their physical appearance. With female musicians, that's made a big thing of, and I think people, certainly with me, have appreciated a bit of mystery.

Lorde

MusicTimePeopleMeThinkMystery

I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn't sure of it.

Diane Cilento

GoodScienceMathematicsWriting

As a lifelong Republican it's time for me and everybody else to reclaim the soul of the Republican Party.

Doug Hoffman

TimeSoulMePartyRepublican

If stores and vendors know there is a demand for organic products, they will make them. The more they make, the more the cost comes down.

Constance Marie

DownKnowWillMoreCostProducts

Growing up in the country, you're left to the wilds of your imagination.

Cindy Williams

ImaginationGrowing UpYouCountry

It's fun to play people who are flawed.

Brad Garrett

FunPeoplePlayWhoFlawed

Growing up, I had a very busy social life. It wasn't until I was a sophomore in high school that I asked Mama if I could come into the kitchen and have her teach me how to cook something.

Paula Deen

LifeSchoolMeGrowing UpBusyHigh

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