Harold E. Varmus Quotes
Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money.
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I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have to do with reality.
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.
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I make hits.
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Fame and fortune are as hard to find as a lightning strike.
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I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.
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There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.
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My most annoying habit is complaining about my aches and pains. It's the new ones that I haven't identified yet that make me nervous. According to my wife, I complain way too much. I may be a borderline hypochondriac, or you could say I am fascinated by the body - at least by mine.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many respects.
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I was trying to go as fast as I could. I didn't know I was in the lead. I was this close to the wall.
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The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.
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Destitution and excessive luxury develop apparently the same ideals, the same marauding attitude towards mankind, the intensity of struggle for material goods, -- surely showing how perfect is the meeting of extremes.
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Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money.
