Sam Kean Quotes
Junk DNA - or, as scientists call it nowadays, noncoding DNA - remains a mystery: No one knows how much of it is essential for life.
Quotes to Explore
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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I have an office full of product from brands trying to be in videos and an inbox full of songs from artists, but at the end of the day if the artist doesn't support the brand or it doesn't make sense for the song, then it will never work. What we do is try to pair them up so that both sides are happy.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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I studied at the Hebrew University Medical Faculty, graduated, and was an Israel Defense Forces' combat physician on a Navy ship.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.
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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!
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I hated school so bad. I only liked art class during high school. I was always smart.
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It's always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes.
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I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.
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Putting out music as it's made, versus holding it until an album's finished, allows me to be more timely and maintain balance.
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Nobody ever told you that being a mother is all about making what seemed like thousands of tiny decisions.
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My wife and family, to say the least, are the center of my life; they are my grounding. I don't want to sound schmaltzy, but they are my inspiration and you name it.
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I was a loner in high school. I keep to myself, but I love life.
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Junk DNA - or, as scientists call it nowadays, noncoding DNA - remains a mystery: No one knows how much of it is essential for life.
