I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.
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Science and Literature are splendid, and it is really to science and literature themselves that this distinguished company pays its homage.George Porter
I wanted to stay, but my granddaughter convinced me Sunday morning that we should leave, ... She was sitting in the gazebo and she said, 'Grandpa, when are we going to leave' She doesn't usually scare that easy.
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We three chemists here are the most fortunate of Nobel Laureates, many of whom are rewarded after years of patient and painstaking work.
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I'm overwhelmed. A lot of people run and hide, but everyone has come to help us.
George Porter
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.
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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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