Mark Walport Quotes
Science can tell us what can be done in principle, but it is then a matter for public debate as to what should be done. And ultimately, it is a role for politicians to decide the answers.
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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My father was a lawyer.
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I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?
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I think the next set of media companies are going to be created on the web and that YouTube is going to be a big part of that.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.
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Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
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When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
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Our Nation must provide sufficient access to healthcare, adequate benefits, and the supplemental resources our veterans were promised and so dearly need. We owe our heroes no less.
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Iran doesn't need one centrifuge. Canada has nuclear energy. Spain has nuclear energy. Switzerland has nuclear energy, and they don't enrich uranium. You don't need to enrich uranium in order to use nuclear energy. You enrich uranium in order to produce a bomb.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I feel like, when I'm 100% healthy, I can do anything.
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I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years.
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Each new technology is a reprogramming of sensory life. (p. 33)
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All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and distance myself from it.
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Chemistry between people is the strangest science of all.
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I have never lived in a time when people haven't told me what I look like.
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I really, really like 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of the few things that makes me laugh. It's almost too funny to get an award.
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Science can tell us what can be done in principle, but it is then a matter for public debate as to what should be done. And ultimately, it is a role for politicians to decide the answers.
