Francis Collins Quotes
When I discover something about the human genome, I experience a sense of awe at the mystery of life, and say to myself, 'Wow, only God knew before.' It is a profoundly beautiful and moving sensation, which helps me appreciate God and makes science even more rewarding for me.
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world of tomorrow unless you are doing proven technology training. That is one of the reasons I'm so concerned.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.
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It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.
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After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.
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I know one business, and that's how to make software.
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'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels.
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There is the love and marriage and family kind of happiness, which is exceedingly boring to describe but nonetheless is important to have and dreadful not to have.
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If someone says you're a reporter and doesn't want you to anchor then you wonder why you worked so hard at it.
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I was never a Lime Wire guy because it's too much hassle to find the song.
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Either men will learn to live like brothers, or they will die like beasts.
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Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Cold War type, making mystic appeals to motherland and religion.
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Prayer is good, but when baked potatoes and milk are needed, prayer will not supply their place.
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When I discover something about the human genome, I experience a sense of awe at the mystery of life, and say to myself, 'Wow, only God knew before.' It is a profoundly beautiful and moving sensation, which helps me appreciate God and makes science even more rewarding for me.
