Joshua Lederberg Quotes
I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.
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The horror genre is my personal favorite. But then again, I was the kid who read coroner books for fun.
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I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.
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ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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Til I was 10 years, I didn't know I had only two siblings. I always thought I had 10 and that they were all my family.
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Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.
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'Hard Times' does not romanticize the Depression, but at least a few of Mr. Terkel's subjects managed to find silver linings.
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One-sided national economic triumphs cannot be achieved in the increasingly interwoven global economy without precipitating calamitous consequences for everyone.
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Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.
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You put a lot of pressure on your defenders to be able to hold the fort when you go forward.
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Nothing comes without hard work. I've been taught that by many people growing up.
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I think that the best that government can do for you and I as individuals is to empower you and I to make decisions that only you and I should make.
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It's not about retro or modern, it's about this note or that note, which sounds better?
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On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors.
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I thought everybody could sing, because everybody in my family could.
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Clarence Darrow was a unique and courageous man. Several of my favourite actors have played Darrow... Henry Fonda, Orson Welles and Spencer Tracy.
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It betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you can do.
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You can cut the ties that bind but not without losing a part of yourself. You can walk away and hide from the people who made you, but you'll always hear them calling your name.
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It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.
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Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.
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I've often heard academics disparage non-academic writing in terms that suggest it could be a negative in the tenure process, irrespective of the quality of academic work under review.
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I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.
