![This theory [the oxygen theory] is not as I have heard it described, that of the French chemists, it is mine (elle est la mienne); it is a property which I claim from my contemporaries and from posterity.](/assets/img/quote-photos/this-theory-the-oxygen-theory-is-not-as-i-have-heard-it-described-that-of-the.jpg)
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This theory [the oxygen theory] is not as I have heard it described, that of the French chemists, it is mine (elle est la mienne); it is a property which I claim from my contemporaries and from posterity.
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Points for him are like oxygen for the rest of us. Jim Calhoun
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Hyperbole was to Lyndon Johnson what oxygen is to life. Bill Moyers
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A drop of water is not immortal; it can be resolved into oxygen and hydrogen. If, therefore, a drop of water were to maintain that it had a quality of aqueousness which would survive its dissolution we should be inclined to be skeptical. In like manner we know that the brain is not immortal... Bertrand Russell
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The Arab world needs to appreciate that legitimate historical claims and modern necessities are what make Israel the homeland of the Jewish people. Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
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That weakness on the claims front is offsetting the durable impact.
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We have a mechanism in place to do what a union claims it can do for us.
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It is amazing how much theory we can do without when work actually begins. E. F. Schumacher
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Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see painting.
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Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it. Chaim Weizmann
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The classical theory of omniscient rationality is strikingly simple and beautiful.
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Was Einstein's theory good? Relatively. Bo Burnham
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If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find no such case. Charles Darwin
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The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an improved theory, is it then a science or faith?
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A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision. Brian Greene
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My theory. Music can fix anything. Anything. Asa Butterfield