Paul D. Boyer (Paul Delos Boyer) Quotes
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.
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If you could go back and change things, you might not be the person you are right now.
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I don't really know much about TV and what people want to see. I'm not that well-informed about it.
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I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice in the back of my brain that goes, "No, no, no. You could do better. This person over here is excelling. Try harder!" It still can be a little bit intimidating.
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I had tried my best to bring in representatives of the Indian community, but fear for the safety of their families has been a real inhibiting factor.
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The most universally awesome experience that mankind knows is to stand alone on a clear night and look at the stars. It was God who first set the stars in space; He is their Maker and Master . . . such are His power and His majesty.
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Culturally, I found myself in a very weird situation: you were the person that had made that journey to the West, and then you were going back to comment on something, and then suddenly you were questioned and told, "You can't touch that now because you're a pop star."
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Cheeseburger in paradise!
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I see no objection to stoutness, in moderation.
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Humans don't really improve on our own functioning, we only interfere with it, distort it, and disguise it.
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I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
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It is not solely or chiefly in virtue of the divine image that man effectively resembles God, but in virtue of his consciousness of being an image and the movement whereby the soul, passing in a way through itself, avails itself of the factual resemblance in order to attain to God.
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If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
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The safest course was actually the simplest-do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn't a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition.
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An unexpected benefit of my career in biochemistry has been travel.
