Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes
A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it.
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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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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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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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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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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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For freedom's battle, once begun,Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,Though baffled oft, is ever won.
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Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality.
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I believe that the people of Israel are the chosen people of God.
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I've enjoyed collecting. I've enjoyed art ever since - I'll tell you when - I went to Columbia. I went to the Met, and I saw Poussin's 'Rape of the Sabine Women', and it's this incredible, epic, great, great painting.
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My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.
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I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're going to love one book. People who read my books for the mystery, they might not like that book quite as much.
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In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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I don't want to get pigeonholed.
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A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it.
