Rebecca Skloot Quotes
Only cells that had been transformed by a virus or a genetic mutation had the potential to become immortal.
Quotes to Explore
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For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
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I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all like the best storytellers.
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I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.
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What I feel bad about is not having published very much in the last few years.
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Today's children need more years of education than we are offering. And they need more daily hours of instruction than we are providing. They are ready to learn long before kindergarten, and on the other end of the spectrum, all of them must have access to advanced education for years after they graduate from high school.
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If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced. If I had been allowed my way this war would have been ended before this.
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The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.
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Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.
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Let's leave no words unspoken and save regrets for the broken.
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Drawing is a means of obtaining and communicating knowledge.
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I have been feeding pigeons, thousands of them for years. But there was one, a beautiful bird, pure white with light grey tips on its wings; that one was different. It was a female. I had only to wish and call her and she would come flying to me. I loved that pigeon as a man loves a women, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life.
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When I think of your name, I feel an ache.
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When I was a kid I thought I saw a ghost in the forest when I was on a bush walk, like a walk through the forest. I saw something weird pass from one side of the track to the other, and it was sort of a white, blurry... it's hard to describe, really, something that was almost see-through but it just moved in front of me. It was definitely something you could tell was there, and it really freaked me out. I think I was probably 10, and I ran all the way home.
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Write what you love and love what you write.
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I've been on stage since I was 7. That's where I'd rather be than anywhere else. Just because you can do a bunch of things doesn't mean you are a bunch of things. I can act. I can sing. But I am a dancer.
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Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed.
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Only cells that had been transformed by a virus or a genetic mutation had the potential to become immortal.
