Ada Yonath Quotes
I used ribosomes from very, very robust bacteria under very, very active conditions and found a way - I actually took advantage of research done before me at the Weizmann, the same institute I am now - how to preserve their activity and their integrity while they crystallized.
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No matter how good you are, how brave you are or anything, it comes down to that car so many times. Not every time, but so many times.
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Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
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As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.
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The thing we often forget to talk about, or perhaps we take for granted, is our country's dazzling beauty. Our natural environment is so much a part of Australia's art, writing, music and culture, both indigenous and non indigenous.
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I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying, 'This is fiction.'
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No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has no place to fit in.
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In the editing room, 20 percent of the time you're using stuff from before the actor knew the camera was rolling or you're taking a line from somewhere else and putting it in his mouth.
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I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
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People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.
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We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.
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Experiencing those moments of being alone... is a very, very weird flooring and exposing position to be in when you're just not used to it... But I've never been lonely. And with my kids Mia and Joe that remains the case.
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I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.
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No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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I want to communicate to the everyday person. I don't want to just roll around in my own avant-garde pool of coolness.
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The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.
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It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.
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If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.
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Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.
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In the Year 2000 men will finally discover that the reason women go to the bathroom in pairs... is to make out.
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Settle for nothing less than the object of your desire.
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I was faced with a choice: to deny my addiction and embrace that 'comfortably numb' but 'magicless' existence, or accept the burden of insight, take the road less travelled, and embark on the often painful journey to discover who I was and where I fit.
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I used ribosomes from very, very robust bacteria under very, very active conditions and found a way - I actually took advantage of research done before me at the Weizmann, the same institute I am now - how to preserve their activity and their integrity while they crystallized.
