John Cornforth After a year of post-graduate research, I won an 1851 Exhibition scholarship to work at Oxford with Robert Robinson. Two such scholarships were awarded each year, and the other was won by Rita Harradence, also of Sydney and also an organic chemist. – John Cornforth Awarded Quotes Chemist Quotes Exhibition Quotes Harradence Quotes Organic Quotes Oxford Quotes Postgraduate Quotes Rita Quotes Robert Quotes Robinson Quotes Scholarship Quotes Scholarships Quotes Sydney Quotes Part of my childhood was spent in Sydney and part in rural New South Wales, at Armidale. I was born on 7 September 1917 at Sydney in Australia. My father was English-born and a graduate of Oxford; my mother, born Hilda Eipper, was descended from a German minister of religion who settled in New South Wales in 1832. I was the second of four children.
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Anthony Ray Hinton In the South, people in power feel they don’t have to answer to no one. – Anthony Ray Hinton
Bugzy Malone I’ve got an audience now. They found me. I didn’t go looking for them. I feel my music brought them all in. – Bugzy Malone
Pete Doherty I’m always nervous before playing a gig, to tell you the truth. It’s what nearly did me in when I was with the Libertines. I just couldn’t handle it. – Pete Doherty
Colin Hay The Men at Work thing is always there, it’s always going to be there. It’s not something I consciously think that much about anymore. The thing that stays with you is the songs, which is a good thing for me, because the songs are the things that stand the test of time. – Colin Hay
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