Randy Schekman Quotes
The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
Quotes to Explore
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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We went from journalism, in newspapers that gets heavily edited, to blogs, where you can express your opinions, to tweeting, where you can say anything, and it gets repeated and becomes fact when it isn't. It's something the entire world is going to have to come to grips with.
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Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
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One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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It isn't often that the logic behind a policy is so clear. But when it comes to the value of educating girls, the evidence speaks for itself.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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I need one psychological expert to help me concentrate.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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You'd always see a lady or a little girl sitting at a piano. I decided I wanted to play something more unexpected, so that's when I got interested in learning to play the guitar.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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I wouldn't do a film like 'The Dirty Picture.' I have a husband and kids, and I won't be able to do justice to such a role. You need a certain mentality and ease to carry such a character.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'
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Here's the thing about Texas - and the thing about the border. We all know undocumented immigrants. They sit in our churches, are friends with our children, and work all around us. They are just like us.
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My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he's so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone.
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I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
