John Gurdon Quotes
The work I was involved in had no obvious therapeutic benefit. It was purely of scientific interest. I hope the country will continue to support basic research even though it may have no obvious practical value.John Gurdon
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If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
Barbara Jordan -
I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
Kalpana Chawla -
Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.
Victor Hugo -
Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
G. Stanley Hall -
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
Dan Rather -
Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
Mackenzie Davis
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I was living at home until about 27 and decided it was time to move out and move somewhere else, so that's what I did. I wanted it to be the right thing to do. I didn't want to buy something out of my price range; I didn't want to be stupid with my money, so I decided to stay at home. Luckily, my mum and dad were amazing.
Olly Murs -
I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.
Wayne Grady -
The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.
E. F. Schumacher -
It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?
Caitlyn Jenner -
It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.
Quincy Jones -
Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
Xavier Rudd
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You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.
Ralph Fiennes -
I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
Yani Tseng -
Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.
Zendaya -
My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.
Jackson Pollock -
The truth is, I'm not body confident.
Tamsin Egerton -
It's hard finding people you trust or who aren't going to take your money. Everyone wants to get a piece of whatever you're doing. It's a nightmare.
Cara Delevingne
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'Remember, I've got no idea what this is all about,' said the girl when they were in the living room, a narrow room, where blue fought with red without ever compromising on purple.
Dashiell Hammett -
As I get older, the things I'm sure of become fewer.
J. A. Jance -
I'll try to say a little more: Love went on and on Until it reached an open door - Then Love Itself Love Itself was gone.
Leonard Cohen -
I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
The times I didn't get jobs I wanted, I remember feeling dispirited - really crestfallen.
Jill Abramson -
The work I was involved in had no obvious therapeutic benefit. It was purely of scientific interest. I hope the country will continue to support basic research even though it may have no obvious practical value.
John Gurdon