Sam Kean Quotes
Even if we never cure a single disease, the Human Genome Project and other ventures will have been worth it.
Quotes to Explore
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It's important not to think about Bitcoin as a replacement for cash or gold or something that works alongside that; it's to think of it as programmable money. And we just cannot even imagine what that will be used for.
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Football shape is one thing, and then 'futbol' shape is a completely other thing. It's a whole other level of fitness that you have to work to maintain.
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As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.
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Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality education. St. Joe's students and alumni are as supportive as ever, and their spirit is unquenchable.
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We can build the fence. We can triple the border patrol. We can end sanctuary cities by cutting off funding to them. We can end welfare for those here illegally.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.
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I think any time you have a super team, whether it's all men or all women or both, what you have are people with very unique strengths that aren't always totally compatible.
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Virtual reality is a tough sell for a software developer. They have to convince investors that not only are they going to build a good game, which is what they normally have to do, they have to convince them that it's going to be a good game and that virtual reality will be successful.
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Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting.
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If there's one organization in the United States that could work on its communication skills, it's the military.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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In my real movie-going days, which were the thirties, you didn't stand in line. You strolled down the street and sallied into the theater at any hour of the day or night.
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A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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You don't have to be a rock star - if you don't like the situation you're in, you don't have to settle for it.
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I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.
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Every time we revise our history, we also revise the mythology of our history.
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I've been to the top and I've been to the bottom more times than most people ride in an elevator.
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I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher might wish more to be than a good dancer.
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The likelihood of getting lost is directly proportional to the number of times the direction-giver says, 'You can't miss it'.
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Even if we never cure a single disease, the Human Genome Project and other ventures will have been worth it.
