Joshua Lederberg Quotes
I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.
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One thing I really hate is experience. Experience for me doesn't work. Everybody's talking about experience this, experience that.
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Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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When you come to San Francisco, we want you to know where Salesforce is.
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To be let go from a soap opera is the most embarrassing confidence basher in the world. It's like, 'Oh, if I'm not good enough for that, I'm not good enough for anything.'
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Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to eat a tomato.
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Health and well-being, as well as how we can live in harmony with our planet, is something I'm passionate about.
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Are kids smarter than adults? All evidence points to that being true.
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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
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Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
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After choosing monetary union, further political union and workable governance in Europe was always going to be necessary.
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Music means itself.
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A moment guess'd - then back behind the Fold Immerst of Darkness round the Drama roll'd Which, for the Pastime of Eternity, He doth Himself contrive, enact, behold.
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I have not looked at any of the 'Pretender' Web sites. I'm scared of the Internet.
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We have much to learn by studying nature and taking the time to tease out its secrets.
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My applications submitted to the Tribunal regarding my interview during the hunger strike were misinterpreted, and it was published in the press that I was going to offer defence, though in reality I was never willing to offer any defence.
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The battle against cancer has made me strong. It's like winning a war! When I was diagnosed, I was told by doctors my kidney, liver and other organs could fail. It was tough. I didn't know if I could save my life. But I was positive, and because of that, the doctor told me that I would be a man who would never have cancer.
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The giant was hairy, the giant was horrid,He had one eye in the middle of his forehead.
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There are a number of writers who believe it is their duty to throw as many curve balls at the reader as possible. To twist and twist again. These are the Chubby Checkers of crime fiction and, while I admire the craft, I think that it can actually work against genuine suspense.
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When you first sit down to write the first song, until you've maybe got three or four under your belt, it's always, to me, like a mountain to climb. You look at that one blank piece of paper and you think, `God, how many songs do I have to write here?' It always feels like pressure.
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I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.
