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 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 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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I'll tell you what I love about directing: the surprise. You never know what's going to happen with your piece until an audience weighs in.
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I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you cannot measure must be uninteresting.
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I have so many favourite science fiction films. I would say 'Alien' and 'Aliens' are two of my favourite sci-fi films. Also 'Children of Men' would be one of my favourite science fiction films. I love the original 'Solaris' and the remake. And even though it wasn't a film, the series 'Battlestar Galactica' was one of my favourite TV shows.
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The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul.
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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?
