Walter Gilbert Quotes
We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.
Quotes to Explore
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I am a human being. When you are frustrated, you do cry. It's more than once that I cried.
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There may be an evolutionary advantage for schizophrenia genes during famine.
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
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Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
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Our expectation is that the Russian Federation does its part to protect its own citizens in full respect of human rights principles.
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As far as I am concerned, LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhea, bacteria, and tuberculosis, all of which are detrimental to human existence.
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Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
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The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.
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Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. In any situation, a little part of me is observing it, to see if there are any raw materials to create something else later.
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
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I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being.
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Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows the district governor, and it's okay.
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The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
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Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
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None can be more negative in its impact than the limitation on human resource capacity.
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Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
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Always, in every human action, there are leaders.
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Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
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It takes a great deal of courage to give me a public shout out, that's for sure.
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If I were to listen to people all the time when they say, 'Hey, this is a really high challenge, this is a high climb, the bar is pretty steep,' then I wouldn't have gone to the academy. I wouldn't have become an aircraft carrier pilot. I wouldn't have become a Navy SEAL for sure. And I probably wouldn't have applied to Harvard.
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People without curiosity are like houses without books: there's something unsettling about them.
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I think the best way to be an activist is to live your life well and be honest. It means being out. If you are not comfortable marching, you can make a big difference just by working side by side with someone who actually knows you're gay and a fine human being.
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We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.
