Harold E. Varmus Quotes
When I was the NIH director, I often expressed envy of institute directors: they had the money and ran the scientific programmes.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
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It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.
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When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
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I received free health care.
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I don't think I can play Mr. Bachchan.
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From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
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Everybody knows the story of The Smiths. You can still go and see Morrissey.
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I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.
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Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
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If there really is a God, then he really looks after me.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.
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Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right.
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I didn't play after the Grateful Dead stopped playing. I didn't touch anything for three or four months, and I just got pretty crazy.
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My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
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I think behind every great man there's got to be a great woman, whether she's your wife, your girlfriend or not. I'm not gonna say that there's not that special girl out there. But I'm in the music biz, and I'm focused on the music.
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When I was the NIH director, I often expressed envy of institute directors: they had the money and ran the scientific programmes.
