Elizabeth Blackburn Quotes
No one ever said, 'Be a doctor.' But because so many members of my extended family - aunts, uncles - were doctors, there was this expectation that I'd probably be a physician.
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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.
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Fashion breaks my heart.
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I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
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I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
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You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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Despite my excellent mood, I don't have any sympathy for Romney. If he'd been a good candidate he wouldn't have had a different campaign for every month on the calendar.
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And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and I love to read.
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
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I know my dad's proud that I've done it on my own, and I'm happy with that.
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I'll keep growing as a player, keep working out, trying to become what I want to become.
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It's true the Holy Spirit alone can reproduce the character of our Lord Jesus, and we must always abide in Christ. But the Bible also makes us active partners in the process, and we must be diligent to do our part. "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed".
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I'm an average girl with an average family - and I hope people can see that.
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I work more now because at this time of my life I am not disturbed from my aim by outside pressures such as family, passionate relationships, dealing with 'who am I?' - those complications when one is searching for one's self.
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No one ever said, 'Be a doctor.' But because so many members of my extended family - aunts, uncles - were doctors, there was this expectation that I'd probably be a physician.
