Sam Kean Quotes
Most mutations involve typos: Something bumps a cell's elbow as it's copying DNA, and the wrong letter appears in a triplet - CAG becomes CCG.
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I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
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Sometimes I work purely 8-12 shifts, banging stuff into the computer. Other times, my office is like a scene from a detective movie, with Post-it Notes, plans, photographs all stuck on the walls and arrows going everywhere, and it's 4 A.M.
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I am not a fan of books.
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It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out. You'll make some bad mistakes. Some things will fail but at least you'll energise the organisation.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
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What the Pope thinks of being gay does not matter to the world. It matters to the people who like the Pope and follow the Pope... It is not a reflection of all religious people.
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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party.
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In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part of the strategy for change, but not the end goal and not the only thing that matters.
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If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it.
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In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
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Most practical jokes, I'll feel too bad for the other person so I'll stop just before the punchline.
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I think initially, the record industry struggled a lot with digital media because there are a lot of aspects to it that can potentially destroy our industry.
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I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.
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Most writers battle with periods of being blocked; it's almost an occupational hazard. But in the writing of his last and greatest novel, 'A Passage to India,' E. M. Forster got stuck for nine years.
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Dancing was one of the hobbies my brother and I had when we were kids, and dance ended up being the one that stuck. I dropped everything else until that was what was left in the end.
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A woman - even if she is the primary breadwinner - really needs to keep in mind that at some point, she may have a diminished earning capacity because of the fact that she will bear children. Of course, this is case by case. I had two kids, and it didn't really slow me down at all.
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In order for us to be able to love, we need to have faith, because faith is love in action and love in action is service. In order for us to be able to love, we have to see and touch. Faith in action through prayer, faith in action through service: each is the same thing, the same love, the same compassion.
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Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.
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DNA is a 'thing' - a chemical that sticks to your fingers.
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You know the rule. If you're long, you're never wrong.
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The nominal budget is a poor indicator of the impact of government outlays and revenues.
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Most mutations involve typos: Something bumps a cell's elbow as it's copying DNA, and the wrong letter appears in a triplet - CAG becomes CCG.
