John Gurdon Quotes
The first point to remember is that attempts to clone mice have actually been very unsuccessful for at least a decade. Sheep have been successful. So one asks, 'Where do humans lie?' Most people think they are somewhere between the two, but at least there's a reasonable chance they might be clone-able.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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The words contained in it were inspired by the Holy Spirit into the minds of faithful men, called Prophets and Seers in the Old Testament; and Evangelists and Apostles in the New.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can't force that feeling.
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I don't do anything by myself. I have a whole crew to get me ready every day.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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I know basic things about belly dancing, but not the technicalities; I want to learn it. I want to learn belly dancing.
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Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
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I think probably songwriters are gonna be the toughest critics... I think of it as a community. And we all sort of feed off of each other.
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I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that.
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Easterly, a celebrated economist, presents one side in what has become an ongoing debate with fellow star-economist Jeffrey Sachs about the role of international aid in global poverty. Easterly argues that existing aid strategies have not and will not reduce poverty, because they don't seriously take into account feedback from those who need the aid and because they perpetuate western colonial tendencies.
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It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.
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The first point to remember is that attempts to clone mice have actually been very unsuccessful for at least a decade. Sheep have been successful. So one asks, 'Where do humans lie?' Most people think they are somewhere between the two, but at least there's a reasonable chance they might be clone-able.
