H. Robert Horvitz Quotes
Both of my parents were first-generation Americans, the children of Jews who left Eastern Europe around the turn of the century.
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My parents were the good parents that said, 'You should try and get a good job and go to college and get an education.'
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself.
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Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit will probably not win an Academy Award, but if you put it first on your list, it will become a nominee.
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The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
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I have a Stella McCartney Adidas sports bra. I feel like I'm totally comfortable running. No problem. I have support where I need it.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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We know specific genes are turned on in specific cells, but we don't know to what extent this happens.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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Although I performed in high school, my first real experience with theater was performing with a student-run organization at Vanderbilt University called The Original Cast where I learned that I loved performing and especially loved theater people.
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If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.
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I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.
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When I was 8 years old, I asked my parents to get me head shots, and they were like, 'What are you talking about? Go outside and play!' I'm so glad they did.
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I wish sometimes people wouldn't underestimate me. But it's a fleeting wish. It's not where I live.
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All my writing takes place during the recording of the master tapes. I never do have songs when I start up an album. I actually write them while I record.
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Both of my parents were first-generation Americans, the children of Jews who left Eastern Europe around the turn of the century.
