John Sulston Quotes
It was a matter of not living lavishly but enjoying what you had, growing things with your hands, working hard, but not being tied to a nine-to-five job, and generally feeling that there's more to life than money.
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Sometimes when I'm going to the supermarket to get the coffee and cat litter, I get freaked out and see all these people staring, and you turn around and there's, like, 40 people all looking at you... and when you go around the corner, they're all following you! You start freaking out like a trapped animal.
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I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.
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One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
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I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
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Sometimes I feel like I have a dozen different people inside of me. I've always been that way, and I've always written stuff down.
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The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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CGI has fully ruined car crashes. Because how can you be impressed with them now? When you watch them in the '70s, it was real cars, real metal, real blasts. They're really doing it and risking their lives. But I knew CGI was gonna start taking over.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove speak for themselves.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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Actors are limited by their appearance and while it has cost me some roles, it has got me some very important roles too.
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Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes, and the second law of thermodynamics.
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We're so used to it that we don't think twice about it. For somebody who's starting out in ice hockey it would be heavy, but it's protection. It's everything you need so you do have to get used to it.
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I remember wearing the big oversized baseball and basketball jerseys and Timbaland boots. I was a tomboy growing up. I recently caught a picture of myself, and I was like, 'God! What was I thinking about?'
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It was a matter of not living lavishly but enjoying what you had, growing things with your hands, working hard, but not being tied to a nine-to-five job, and generally feeling that there's more to life than money.
