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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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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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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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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There were five children in my family, and arguing was how we used to entertain ourselves.
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Why would we want to do an experimental album? That's just selfish.
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The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain the natural balance of the environment in which they were placed.
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How stars move tell us that most matter in the universe is dark. When we see stars in the sky, we're only seeing five or 10 percent of the matter that there is in the universe.
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I may not have a practical mind, but it's very fixated on concrete things. I like detail.
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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.
