Christian de Duve Quotes
My education, according to the tradition of the Jesuit school which I attended, had been centered on the 'ancient humanities', and I was strongly attracted to the more literary branches.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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I'm afraid to fail again.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want him to feel that everything or that our love for him will be based on how much he has achieved.
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans.
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By trade, I am a software programmer, so I never really had any experience with movies before. I started out with 'Paranormal Activity.'
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Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
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A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed.
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He has a future and I have a past, so we should be all right.
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I'm a closet geek.
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I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once. Ass so fat that you could see it from the front.
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I went to Catholic school throughout my whole academic life. In fact, my children - my husband and I and our children in my own family now have over 100 years of Catholic education among us.
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My education, according to the tradition of the Jesuit school which I attended, had been centered on the 'ancient humanities', and I was strongly attracted to the more literary branches.
