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Quote by George Porter
Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work a

Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me. – George Porter

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When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers. – George Porter

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Happiness
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It is not only my laboratory and my place of work but also my home, so that on the 30th October I was able to share my happiness immediately with my students and collaborators and, at the same time, with my wife and family. – George Porter

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Happiness
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I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the suns energy. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago. – George Porter

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Good composition is like a suspension bridge – each line adds strength and takes none away. – Robert Henri

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When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid. – Audre Lorde

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You get elected, often, if youre a woman, on the strength of the womens vote then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment. – Eleanor Clift

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You had no right to be born for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other persons strength. – Charlotte Bronte

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Will… the threat of common extermination continue?… Must children receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance? – Pope John Paul II, speech at the UN, 1979

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The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go. – Steve Maraboli

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