Fred Funk Quotes
My career progressed slowly. Real slow at a time. The irony of it was I had the best part of my career between when I was 45 and 49 years old. That's when most people are in their twilight, waiting to get to the Champions Tour. And that's when I made most of my hay.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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Especially working in infectious disease, it's very interesting because these infectious diseases, these agents, they evolve over time. So it's very much an arms race and understanding how each changes to protect itself and to continue. And so it's very much this puzzle-solving but with this great urgency and importance in what you find.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
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As a kid, I was always a tomboy, playing sport and doing martial arts. And I'm pretty opinionated - I've never been told that I'm a weak person.
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I've always been extremely physically active.
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I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.
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I'm one of those pesky Brits.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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Web GIS allows us to take our systems of record - our traditional server and desktop technologies - and integrate them, bringing them together into a system of systems.
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I'll proudly stand with one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced: Rick Perry.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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I love going out of my comfort zone - I live to go out of my comfort zone.
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People may show jealousy, but hide their envy.
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I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it might have.
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I'm elected. I don't report to any politician. I report to the people. If I had to report to any politician, I'd quit tomorrow. I'm not tall, dark and handsome. They don't vote for me because I look like a movie star. I can't get that vote. People keep voting for me because they like what I do.
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I'd like to come back to the West eventually. In the end abroad I am always a stranger, active politics in particular is not accessible to me and although people are generous, I can never be on the inside of a culture that relies a great deal on the private space and the family.
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My career progressed slowly. Real slow at a time. The irony of it was I had the best part of my career between when I was 45 and 49 years old. That's when most people are in their twilight, waiting to get to the Champions Tour. And that's when I made most of my hay.
