Mark Walport Quotes
The Wellcome Trust will retain a level of financial flexibility which will enable us to react quickly to unexpected developments and new ideas.
Quotes to Explore
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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I am confident that, as elected officials, we can work together with religious, business and civic leaders, as well as the LGBT community, to develop policies that treat all people with dignity and respect.
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I have a song about being in love. I have a song about being supportive. There's inspiring ones, and there's some that show a little bit more fun and daring. It really is a range of who I am.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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I was 18 when I first started working at a restaurant. I was a dishwasher. I only got the job because I wanted to go to Ibiza for vacation, and washing dishes was the only job I could find.
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I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but not picturing anybody sitting at it.
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To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.
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Orange blossom water would make a magical addition to your store cupboard.
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We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.
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For the first time in the history of Bihar, I provided a stable government. Despite being denied funds by the Centre, Bihar survived on its resources. I provided pucca dwellings to half a million Dalit families.
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My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.
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I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
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We are a typical working class northern family, big into our football... no one in the family was into acting. But I remember seeing a panto when I was about six and thinking, 'Yeah... I wouldn't mind doing that.'
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker.
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I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors.
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Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.
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I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
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Children ask questions much more than adults do, and you have to wonder if this is something we have that we lose.
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I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife.
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People who fundamentally disagree with you politically or socially are not bad people. I can't expect that other side to have compassion for me if I can't put myself in their shoes, too.
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The Wellcome Trust will retain a level of financial flexibility which will enable us to react quickly to unexpected developments and new ideas.
