John Sulston Quotes
It is not a Pandora's box that science opens; it is, rather, a treasure chest. We, humanity, can choose whether or not to take out the discoveries and use them, and for what purpose.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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To be honest with you, I've been dying to do a nice indie feature - just something about a regular guy with a big quirk or a big emotional problem. Just something that's a straightforward, classic indie film. It sounds weird, but it's been easier for me to get cast in big tentpole films than the indie community. I'd love to do that.
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The production value of YouTube videos is not there.
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Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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Daring is not safe against daring men.
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Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.
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Tom DeLay may or may not have broken campaign finance laws, but he did his best to look like he was breaking them.
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Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the 'given' material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control.
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I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music.
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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We did 356 'Dallas' episodes between 1978 and 1991. The most memorable moment for me happened in 1980 when I got shot at the end of the third series. The rest is a blur.
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What is a roofless cathedral to a well-built pie?
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In life you must often choose between getting a job done or getting credit for it. In science, the most important thing is not the ideas you have but the decision which ones you choose to pursue. If you have an idea and are not doing anything with it, why spoil someone else's fun by publishing it?
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Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.
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Science has brought forth this danger, but the real problem is in the minds and hearts of men.
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Everyone thrives most in his or her own unique environment.
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It is not a Pandora's box that science opens; it is, rather, a treasure chest. We, humanity, can choose whether or not to take out the discoveries and use them, and for what purpose.
