Anne Wojcicki Quotes
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
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There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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I've been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.
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It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary men.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
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No Afghans, as far as we know, have been involved in terrorist acts against our country. We shouldn't be swatting at hornets' nests we know nothing about.
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I will know him by his eyes.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.
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We have no chance to comprehend what goes on there - it's so dramatic, and people are so poor. We all felt bad about being there. Filming in India felt like we were going to borrow something knowing that we were never going to give it back.
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Each day, you can awake and focus on small, easy goals you can accomplish in the short term - goals that, over time, will lead you to your long-term goal.
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I think I was very lucky to have grown up with an artist's studio in the house. It was a kind of life that was possible. Yeah, it made it kind of harder because the standards were higher, but there was no pressure.
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Without the music to shout over, few people bothered saying anything.' (Remarking on a power cut while in a bar in the Dominican Republic)
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No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must not expect to dictate to me. He may censure me freely and without reserve; but he should remember that I am to act by my deliberation and not his. I ought to exercise my talents for the benefit of others; but that exercise must be the fruit of my own conviction; no man must attempt to press me into the service.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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A little drowsing cat is an image of perfect beatitude.
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I think newspapers shouldn't try to compete directly with the Web, and should do what they can do better, which may be long-form journalism and using photos and art, and making connections with large-form graphics and really enhancing the tactile experience of paper.
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Every couple of weeks, someone writes in and says, '23andMe saved my life.'
