John Kendrew Quotes
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Don't assume that the answers are out there in the form of somebody else already doing something. Sometimes they are. But you have to think beyond that.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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A scientist who cannot prove what he has accomplished, has accomplished nothing.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you.
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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Before you begin designing or buying anything, you need to get real and ask yourself: What do you really want to use this room for? What do you want to do in this room but can't now?
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I've read science fiction my whole life. I never really dreamed that I'd be a published science fiction writer myself, but a short story I started years ago sort of demanded to be turned into a novel.
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I'm not into the attention thing so much.
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Do you know what I love about hunting? That I am no one in the woods, no one at all. I thought the animals might recognize me, but they didn't. They did not even ask me for any autographs.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
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I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
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I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.'
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For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.
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Jesus showed us how to be courageous and sacrificial while we die for our beliefs, not while we kill for them.
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The way I look at the world, if you can't find a way to get something good out of the experience, then you have lived an unhappy life. All the actors I have worked with, superstars or otherwise, I have enjoyed.
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I've never chosen or rejected a role because of money.
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Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep.
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Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say.
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You should always use your Nobel prize money to buy property.
