Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Quotes
Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.
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If you are hopeful, if you are optimistic, other people want to help you. And if you are down in the dumps, other people may still help you, but I've noticed that they're walking, not running, over to you.
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I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point.
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I want to ski down Mount Cho Oyu in the Himalayas when I am 85, descending from a height of 8,201 meters.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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If I am honest, my food is actually quite far removed from both the food of my mother and my father.
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I keep dumbbells in my trailer, and I work out between takes.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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Jaipur, like Florence or Kyoto, other artisan-rich cities to which it roughly compares, has always been known for its craftsmanship.
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I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
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The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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Men are allowed to age. Men are allowed to gain weight. Men are allowed to be quirky looking.
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I had braces; I was lucky, 'cause I had some snaggle teeth. I always try and keep my retainer on me 'cause I'm paranoid about my teeth. It was run over by a car, so half of it's missing, but it still works.
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For some people the revelation comes too late that life is best kept to the essentials. Some people are given their last rites and that person might say in their last breath, 'I should have celebrated Festivus.'
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Vision with action can change the world.
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I have thousands and thousands of hats. Some are the most outrageous hats in the world. They are my disguise. I hide beneath them.
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Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.
