Bill Maris Quotes
We actually have the tools in the life sciences to achieve anything that you have the audacity to envision. I just hope to live long enough not to die.
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A lot of the time I'm working with people who are older than me.
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I've always felt a bit hard done by in England – you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.
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It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.
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I'm not graceful.
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I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.
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The post office actually achieves its mission. I wish we could say the same of the CIA.
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There's only so much you can do with a male voice in dance music.
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In human life, economics precedes politics or culture.
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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.
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We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization.
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I know exactly what it's like to not have a penny. I know exactly what it's like trying to get a job. I know exactly what it's like having bloody one tin of Ambrosia left in the cupboard. But I know I can survive.
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Form the habit early in life of leaving your business at the store or wherever you may be employed. Never carry it home to mar the peace of your family; if you do, you will soon drive out the sunshine.
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I think of myself as an actor.
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Anything I wanted to do and achieve has not been influential in my life, but my failures have.
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Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.
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Ill can he rule the great, that cannot reach the small.
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The stampede toward 'rational expectations' - widely thought to be a 'revolution,' though it was only a generalization of the neoclassical idea of equilibrium-derailed the expectations-driven model building that had just left the station. In the end, this way of modeling has not illuminated how the world economy works.
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We need to fund relationship language in our schools so that future parents will know how to communicate about whether they want children; to communicate with the children they have, and teach their children how to communicate with the world. Technical progress without social skills is a Tower of Babel.
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Most female CEOs have been more understanding than their male counterparts, of the stress that new mothers experience to 'do it all,' which often means, 'all by themselves.' Why? They've been there. They understand the policies needed to keep women in the workforce.
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On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously.
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As CEO, I believe my most important job is to both define reality and inspire hope for the PayPal team. Defining reality includes being realistic about all the things that could go wrong so that we are prepared to navigate those challenges.
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The problem facing a comprehender is analogous to the problem that a detective faces when trying to solve a crime. In both cases there is a set of clues.
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We actually have the tools in the life sciences to achieve anything that you have the audacity to envision. I just hope to live long enough not to die.
