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When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happines

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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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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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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War
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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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Sitting behind the bench at games is the hardest thing Ive ever had to go through because basketball is really most of my happiness. So when I cant go out there and exert energy and have fun and things like that, it kind of puts everything else into perspective. – Chris Webber

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Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. – Robert Frost

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Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. – Hosea Ballou

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You can only have bliss if you don’t chase it. – Henepola Gunaratana (Bhante G)

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I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him. – Saint Teresa of Avila

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All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them. – Erma Bombeck

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