Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes
A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it.
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The directors told me they were going to recruit good players with whom I could play decent football. Marko Marin, Oscar and me, we like to have the ball at our feet. Juan Mata likes the ball; so does Ramires.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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Sometimes I don't know whether a movie has been shot on film or in digital when I watch it in the theatres.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
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The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in the end, make you happy to be leaving.
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The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
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And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration.
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I'm aware that given what I've done in the past - and having a well-known parent - that people will be very quick to judge my path more than others, but I have to just not care.
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It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
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I love the free spirit in London.
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A pig's trotter is a fantastic thing. The first night of my honeymoon in Paris, my wife fell asleep in her steak tartare, so my trotter kept me company.
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What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you obsess over certain scenes that you found the most challenging or interesting. The rest of the film kind of falls away in your memory or it fades a little bit.
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Those who call me an opportunist are following the old rule: If you can't attack the data, attack the person.
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I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing.
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When I finish dressing before a night out and have put on all the accessories, I usually look at myself in the mirror long and hard and then end up removing something. Whether it's a belt, bracelet or a bauble, less is always more.
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I'm not changing because I'm part of a hit. People around me have changed in their attitude toward me, but I haven't changed. And I won't.
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A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it.
