#mate

One day I discovered that one could get the barrier to internal rotation in ethane approximately right using this method. This was the beginning of my work on organic molecules. ↗

— Roald Hoffmann

#barrier #beginning #could #day #discovered

One thing that changed when I moved upstate was that I became interested in different materials. I started making the stone benches because I was seeing rocks. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#because #benches #changed #different #i

Sometimes you don't choose the material; the material chooses you. ↗

— James D. Houston

#chooses #material #sometimes #you

The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality. ↗

— Felicity Huffman

#also #contraception #declines #directly #families

There's something intrinsically Australian about a bunch of brothers and school friends getting together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as mates to make something happen. ↗

— Michael Hutchence

#age #australian #band #brothers #bunch

I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is. ↗

— Eric Idle

#charge #commune #decide #i #i think

The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts. ↗

— Ivan Illich

#actually #always #american #attitude #believe

Mr. Gonzales' failure to respond to questions legitimately posed to him by the Senate raises grave doubts in my mind as to his fitness to serve the people of the United States as their Attorney General. ↗

— Daniel Inouye

#attorney general #doubts #failure #fitness #general

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#materialism #optimism #education

It is estimated that raising the retirement age to 70 would cut the shortfall by about 36%. But this proposal has some drawbacks. Women and men who have worked jobs that require manual labor all of their lives may not physically be able to do work until they are 70 years old. ↗

— Steve Israel

#about #age #cut #drawbacks #estimated