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 try my best to stay healthy by paying attention to the ingredients in foods and trying to make sure my food is organic and not full of sugar or preservatives. I also try to do at least 30 minutes of cardio every day in the gym.
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We believe that African football is among the best in the world and very much characterized the Puma brand mentality, which is to win.
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I've actually started a number of businesses in my career. So I'm 28 currently, but when I was about 16, I started building Websites, and that's how I put myself through school. I went to Duke with a degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, and then to Princeton.
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Plowboy: You truly feel that all the major changes in history have been caused by science and technology?
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Science is practical philosophy.
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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?
