Anne Wojcicki Quotes
If I know I'm at genetically high risk of Alzheimer's, maybe I don't plan to retire at 80, and maybe I'm more proactive about where I'm going to live and who's going to take care of me.
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you're in this little bubble when you're working - you don't read books, you don't really keep up with the news, you're just living that life.
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The characteristic feature of modernity is criticism: what is new is set over and against what is old, and it is this constant contrast that constitutes the continuity of tradition.
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No one remembers who came in second.
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Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I don't care.
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
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I knew that going on 'One Tree Hill' was going to be an incredible vehicle for the record. What is amazing about it is that my role on the show is, you know, basically playing a musician, and all the songs she plays are off my record.
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People just kind of associate me with kicking some ass.
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Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants.
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The United States has grown into a remarkable nation specifically because of our independent spirit and free market.
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Multinationals are more sensitive to public pressure because they have bigger brand names, and they have made commitments to be environmentally sensitive. Chinese firms are not used to this kind of pressure yet.
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'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
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If you can't move the audience, they don't want you.
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Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't be afraid to make your characters suffer. Read what you love. Write what you love. Love.
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When you write a novel, you never have to be in the service of the reader. My only concern with my books is that the world that's created be as logical and whole as possible.
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It's nice to see that people in Middle America are really affected.
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I think maybe because of the kind of music I sing, people want to believe you're a diva. They can't believe after eight years, and eight albums, you're still relatively sane. I feel like they almost want me to throw something at somebody.
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Better to be cast out of the church than to deny Christ.
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An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home.
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Why in the world are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear. Why on earth are you there, when you're everywhere - come and get your share.
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If I know I'm at genetically high risk of Alzheimer's, maybe I don't plan to retire at 80, and maybe I'm more proactive about where I'm going to live and who's going to take care of me.
