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“If you start thinking that only your biggest and shiniest moments count, you're setting yourself up to feel like a failure most of the time.”
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
“I hate people who talk about themselves, as you do, when one wants to talk about oneself, as I do. ”
― The Happy Prince and Other Tales
― The Happy Prince and Other Tales
“(In the 1920s, two Chicago chemists had to puree several thousand pounds of bull testicles from a stockyard to get a few ounces of the first pure testosterone.)”
― The Disappearing Spoon...and other true tales from the Periodic Table
― The Disappearing Spoon...and other true tales from the Periodic Table
“No one ever accomplished anything great sitting down.”
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
“Mendeleev, unlike the squeamish Meyer, had balls enough to predict that new elements would be dug up. Look harder, you chemists and geologists, he seemed to taunt, and you’ll find them.”
― The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
― The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
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