Jack W. Szostak Quotes
I do not know why I have always been fascinated by science or why I have been driven by the intense desire to make some original contribution. And although I have had some degree of success as a scientist, it is hard to say precisely why.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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Form can only be destroyed accidentally, i.e., on account of its connexion with substance, the true nature of which consists in the property of never being without a disposition to receive form.
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When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only thing that unifies Tennessee.
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I think I hid my singing talent from a lot of my friends at school because I didn't want to alienate anyone. If everyone was singing along in the car to a Madonna song, I didn't join in because when we're younger we're afraid of sticking out or showing off, when in fact we should own those things that make us really unique.
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No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not.
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All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
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The Reserve Bank cannot just exist; its ability to say 'no' has to be protected.
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I'm definitely a foodie.
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I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
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I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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A lot of people have said that I'm trying to be like Justin Bieber by wearing a hat all the time. But the truth is, I don't like the way my hair looks. It's kind of weird, so I wear a hat all the time to cover it. I've been doing it since I was thirteen.
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Most films, it doesn't matter if you see them or not.
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I've never really had a waist. Even when I was at my slimmest, my silhouette was very straight up, straight down. But I have learnt how to give myself a bit of waist by optical illusion. For this, bring on the belts.
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For heaven's sakes, in the newspaper days, when we had competing newspapers, and the newsstands sale was as important as the circulation - as the agreed-upon circulation, whatever you call that - in those days, why, gosh, the sensationalism was tremendous.
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You see guys that have been in the league for a long time and have taken that opportunity to not only make their game better but to make the people around them better. And to help them know things that maybe you wish you had known.
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I do not know why I have always been fascinated by science or why I have been driven by the intense desire to make some original contribution. And although I have had some degree of success as a scientist, it is hard to say precisely why.
