Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Quotes
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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The presence and the present of America are a future; our continent is, by its nature, the land which does not exist on its own, but as something which is created and invented.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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I never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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Everyone teases me in the family that I spend far too long chatting. So I think I've still got to learn a little bit more and to pick up a few more tips, I suppose.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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I've got this old-school workout - push-ups, sit-ups, tricep dips. And it worked. Anybody can do this at home.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom.
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I carry an umbrella when I am outdoors and always wear sunscreen, even when I am sitting in front of a computer screen! I never touch coffee or other caffeinated drinks.
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I think, I think we need a Republican president from the real world to remind ourselves sometimes of what we need to do.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.
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There's a certain fear of simplicity. I think that's the thing, when you're younger as an artist, you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you're playing, the better.
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Apart from one or two difficult cases, people have accepted it and got on with it. Industry is very comfortable.
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When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth.
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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I guess I'm quite practical. Or at least like to think I am.
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If you're an average married couple, you're going to lie to your spouse in one out of every 10 interactions. Now, you may think that's bad. If you're unmarried, that number drops to three.
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I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.
