Bonnie Bassler Quotes
By weight, you are more human than bacteria, because your cells are bigger, but by numbers, it's not even close.
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Los Angeles is a city known as much for it's sun as for its stars and it's dirty air.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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As far being the face of boxing, I don't like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.
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When you take of a man's time, you've taken a part of his life.
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However great the exertion of our mind may be to comprehend the Divine Being or any of the ideals, we find a screen and partition between Him and ourselves. Thus the prophets frequently hint at the existence of a partition between God and us.
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In the old fairy tales, often a 'moral' was tacked on at the end of the story - say, if a book was going to be marketed to young readers. And the morals don't really suit the stories at all, which makes them super weird - part of why I love the tradition so much. I do play with this, though I am more concerned with ethics than morals.
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I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material.
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My parents gave me a boxer puppy as a present. I have wanted a dog for years and must first give her attention in the morning.
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We had already planned my wedding when my brother passed away in 2012. When you're grieving, you don't necessarily want to think about something like that, but my brother told me that he wanted me to, so we went ahead and did it.
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We will have to be very vigilant that young female scientists have the same opportunities as their male colleagues.
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For me, dance is about the aesthetics and the hard work that goes into creating something so beautiful. Motivation and dedication to the craft is what pushes me to do my best, to always strive to do better, and the outcome is always worth it.
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I want to tell you what it was really like to think death is imminent, but I can't. It's a taste in your mouth. And an emptiness.
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It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.
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In Africa, you often see that the difference between a village where everybody eats and a village where people starve is government. One has a functioning government, and the other does not. Which is why it bothers me when I hear people say that government is the enemy. They don't understand its fundamental role.
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In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you.
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I wept that all must die -'Yet Love,' I cried, 'doth live, and conquer death -'And Time passed by,And breathed on Love, and killed it with his breathEre Death was nigh.More bitter far than allIt was to know that Love could change and die -Hush! for the ages call'The Love of God lives through eternity,And conquers all!'
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I've had this happen before. I'll give it one day and be ready to go (today).
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The desire to write grows with writing.
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I've never had to rebel against my parents; I never had that sort of teen-angst thing where you didn't get along with them. My dad's always been my buddy.
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You can't make people work harder. People have to want to work hard and make a difference. Purpose matters.
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There's no question that we need tougher drunk-driving laws for repeat offenders. We need to take a lesson from European countries where driving isn't a right but a privilege.
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By weight, you are more human than bacteria, because your cells are bigger, but by numbers, it's not even close.
