Peter Medawar Quotes
In no sense other than an utterly trivial one is reproduction the inverse of chemical disintegration. It is a misunderstanding of genetics to suppose that reproduction is only 'intended' to make facsimiles, for parasexual processes of genetical exchange are to be found in the simplest living things.
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Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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All four majors are definitely a priority.
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A victim is a victim is a victim. We should stop setting up standards that say we will have one standard of law enforcement for one group of victims but not for another.
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Our poker table is eight guys, and then I'm the ninth; I'm usually the only girl at the table.
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The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
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Act because you love to act.
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Im not your biggest girly girl.
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If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don't want to just make spy movies.
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The problem we are dealing with at the border is not a Democratic problem. It is not a Republican problem. It is an American problem.
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From the preemptive strike that destroyed Egypt's air force during the Six-Day War, to the daring raid on Entebbe, to using all available means to slow the Iranian nuclear program, Israelis have combined strength with ingenuity to keep the country's enemies at bay.
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Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.
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I've never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company by someone that liked my playing. Then they would get fired, and I'd be left with the record company. And then – because they got fired – the record company wouldn't do anything for me.
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I will support legislation that benefits the American worker and prevents the outsourcing of American jobs.
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If I were the government I would have a special brigade of gendarmes to keep an eye on artists who paint landscapes from nature. Oh, I don't mean to kill anyone; just a little dose of bird-shot now and then as a warning.
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No one has yet discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it seems unlikely that anyone will do so for many years.
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'Alyx,' she said, 'you're going to be a legend.''I already am, Captain,' she said.
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From Castruccio
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As you may know, I am a mechanical engineer.
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My story as an artist has been about trial and error. It's been about artist development, character building, struggle, happiness and failure, family, and music.
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I'm very thankful; I'm very appreciative for everything that the Denver Broncos organization has done for me.
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You have many options in life, never make giving up one of them
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In no sense other than an utterly trivial one is reproduction the inverse of chemical disintegration. It is a misunderstanding of genetics to suppose that reproduction is only 'intended' to make facsimiles, for parasexual processes of genetical exchange are to be found in the simplest living things.
