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 sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.
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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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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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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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Mozart is expressing something that is more than human.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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In order to be a diplomat, one must speak a number of languages, including doubletalk.
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Machiavelli did believe that it was better to appear to be good than to be good. If you're good, you're just too vulnerable, but if you appear to be good, you get all the benefits plus you can be sneaky and, when necessary, stab someone in the back.
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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.
