Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Quotes
I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?
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I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just didn't appreciate it anymore. I appreciate those people, but I realized my heart wasn't in and I needed to go because plenty of people would rip their arm off to be on that show, so they should be.
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I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be had in going there and pulling two or three books off the shelves.
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Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.
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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.
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I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.
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You want to be smart. You don't want to put yourself in a position where you can't be there for the team when it comes down to the end.
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In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for more progression into that area. I suppose that gives me a bit of a different edge. I'm also very, very used to doing a lot of exhaustive research and finding interesting information from different sources.
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If you don't like what you do, you're probably dragging your feet.
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The media is controlled.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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I don't think any particular painters have inspired me, except in a general sense. It was more a matter of corroboration. The visual arts, from Manet onwards, seemed far more open to change and experiment than the novel, though that's only partly the fault of the writers. There's something about the novel that resists innovation.
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My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my life has been an enormous value.
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I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.
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Hitting is not an exact science.
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Life can be thought of as water kept at the right temperature in the right atmosphere in the right light for a long enough period of time.
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I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?
