John Cornforth Quotes
At the National Institute for Medical Research, I came into contact with biological scientists and formed collaborative projects with several of them. In particular, George Popjak and I shared an interest in cholesterol.
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I guess I went into journalism to save the world. I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.
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All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me.
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Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.
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If your response to the first black president is to say they weren't born in this country... you might be a white supremacist.
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I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.
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In Congress, I'll work hard to encourage investment in education, particularly with respect to technology and bridging the digital divide.
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People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
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I am just a quiet reclusive person who has managed to hang around for a while.
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We should purify our innate well of contentment - what a wonderful expression - and then external things will be in harmony with us.
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I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.
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Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.
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It's a taboo that comes back over and over, to suggest that women can feel divided - that you can love your child and want to do everything for it, and at the same time want to put it away from you and reclaim something of yourself.
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I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth.
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I don't go to church any more, but I think that Catholicism is rather like the brand they use on cattle: I feel so formed in that Catholic mould that I don't think I could adopt any other form of spirituality. I still get feelings of consolation about churches.
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I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?
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I don't feel comfortable with luxury, and I try to stay fairly normal.
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I am a sepoy and will follow the guidance of my leaders.
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I don't like not having a job. Especially when I started Mixed Martial Arts, this was all I could do.
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Writing for children isn't easy. Kids will abandon a story that doesn't interest, enchant, delight, thrill, or terrify them. But when you can find a way into a young reader's imagination through something as simple as words on paper, well, there's nothing more satisfying.
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Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.
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I'm pretty horrible at relationships and haven't been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on - returning to a familiar sense of self-reliance and autonomy - is what I know; that feeling is as comfortable and comforting as it might be for a different kind of person to stay.
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Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.
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There are many ways to make the most of your time on the planet, and propagation of the species is just one of them. If you're convinced that it's the key to your happiness, there are routes open to you, whether with the help of modern medical science, marrying into a readymade one, or through fostering and adoption.
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At the National Institute for Medical Research, I came into contact with biological scientists and formed collaborative projects with several of them. In particular, George Popjak and I shared an interest in cholesterol.
