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Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man by Mark Kurlansky
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“I did not realize at the time, as I have discovered since, that anyone who attempts any thing original in this world must expect a bit of ridicule.”
Mark Kurlansky, Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
“Enthusiasm and hard work are also indispensable ingredients of achievement.”
Mark Kurlansky, Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
“salt by definition is a compound created by the neutralization of an acid and a base. Both are extremely unstable—one because it lacks an electron and the other because it has an extra one. So they are, like a good marriage, attracted to each other because they solve each other’s problem, complete each other, and result in an extremely stable compound.”
Mark Kurlansky, Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
“anyone who attempts any thing original in this world must expect a bit of ridicule.” The”
Mark Kurlansky, Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man