Randy Schekman Quotes
It is common, and encouraged by many journals, for research to be judged by the impact factor of the journal that publishes it. But as a journal's score is an average, it says little about the quality of any individual piece of research.
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I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.
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When I grew up in West Baltimore, anything associated - and I'm talking about my childhood - with white people 99 percent of the time was something malevolent, like it was an explanatory force for something bad.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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Of course, we all watch James Bond with envy - knowing the U.S. government would never pay for the lifestyle he enjoys.
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I feel that everyone has a right to be insane.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
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It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do.
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Like a tracer running through the veins of the city, networks of air quality sensors attached to bikes can help measure an individual's exposure to pollution and draw a dynamic map of the urban air on a human scale, as in the case of the Copenhagen Wheel developed by new startup Superpedestrian.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.
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One's appearance bespeaks dignity corresponding to the depth of his character. One's concentrated effort, serene attitude, taciturn air, courteous disposition, thoroughly polite bearing, gritted teeth with a piercing look - each of these reveals dignity. Such outward appearance, in short, comes from constant attentiveness and seriousness.
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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play.
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An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow.
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Infosys demonstrated to the world that an Indian company could implement standards of quality, operations, finance that compare with the best. That is a legacy I am happy with.
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The love of one sole being is a barbarism; for it will be employed to the detriment of all the rest. So too the love of God.
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It is common, and encouraged by many journals, for research to be judged by the impact factor of the journal that publishes it. But as a journal's score is an average, it says little about the quality of any individual piece of research.
