Joshua Lederberg Quotes
I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.
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I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.
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I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.
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I consider myself more of a cultural Jew; I'm not religious in any way.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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I wake up at about 9 a.m., and have a few hours of school or time to relax. Then, I have practice at 2:30 p.m. with my team.
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I remember my dreams when I was a junior soloist. 'Oh, I hope I don't end here,' I thought. 'I want to do the ballerina in 'Scotch Symphony.' I don't want to be the little Scotch girl.' And I actually went beyond my wildest dreams. I worked with Balanchine. I had ballets choreographed for me.
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I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
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The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.
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I don't think a reggaeton song will break again like 'Gasolina' did.
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I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in Bengali, and I need to be surrounded by the Bengali language and culture.
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My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.
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Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?
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I think the most important thing journalism taught me is to mine for details. The details are key. You can't try to be funny or strange or poignant; you have to let the details be funny or strange or poignant for you.
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I'm a visual writer, so it's fitting that my first brush with 'Red Queen' was an image. I had the idea of a teenage girl in an arena, a bit like 'Gladiator,' and she's about to be executed. But instead of being killed, she kills her executioner with lightning.
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It was despairing to find out that I am mortal.
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It's important not to lose sight of the fact people of all sorts are still putting themselves at risk. It happens to straight and gay, single and married. I have never been comfortable thinking of AIDS as something that 'other people' get.
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Acting didn't come and just clip me on the nose.
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The challenge in daytime in particular, I think, is to go against all the traditional cliches of daytime and try to make it real.
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My real interest in music was the old 78 records and the sound of the music. I loved it and began to realize that one of the main sounds on those old records I loved was the guitar.
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I'm in a place in my life where I get offered parts that I didn't get offered before - fathers and uncles and grandfathers and so on. And it took me a long time to get to that place, but I'm glad because it opens up new territory.
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I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.
