Gertrude B. Elion Quotes
It is important to go into work you would like to do. Then it doesn't seem like work. You sometimes feel it's almost too good to be true that someone will pay you for enjoying yourself. I've been very fortunate that my work led to useful drugs for a variety of serious illnesses. The thrill of seeing people get well who might otherwise have died of diseases like leukemia, kidney failure, and herpes virus encephalitis cannot be described in words.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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I want to be a major force.
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I enjoy meat, but I can do without it.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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I have an interest in languages and make an effort to learn.
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With 'Transformers,' I'm going to get to drive fast cars and have a lot of fun. That's what appeals to me about it. I want to have as much fun as possible.
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You know what, I'm a big, big fan of 'Heroes,' but the day they told me that the end of the world was coming, and that day didn't come, I stopped watching.
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Shortly after Pearl Harbor, FDR committed a most visionary act: He appointed a Harvard historian to write the official account of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Samuel Eliot Morison was given the rank of lieutenant commander, with the right to interview anyone of whatever status.
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When the country's indebtedness is so colossal and where the budget deficit is so huge, there is a moral obligation on people to pay their fair and reasonable dues.
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Conservatives are more religious than liberals--although there is no evidence that they're nicer people because of it.
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It's important to listen to what scientists have to say, even when it's inconvenient, especially when it's inconvenient
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It is important to go into work you would like to do. Then it doesn't seem like work. You sometimes feel it's almost too good to be true that someone will pay you for enjoying yourself. I've been very fortunate that my work led to useful drugs for a variety of serious illnesses. The thrill of seeing people get well who might otherwise have died of diseases like leukemia, kidney failure, and herpes virus encephalitis cannot be described in words.
