George Porter
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"George Hornidge Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham", Order of Merit/OM, Fellow of the Royal Society/FRS was a United Kingdom/British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.

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I'm overwhelmed. A lot of people run and hide, but everyone has come to help us.

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We feel she will be a real good fit for us here.

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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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I think music helps people through many means; it helps people just get through the day, ... I know when I am having not so good a time I put on some classical music and it just gets me through.

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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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