Elizabeth Blackburn Quotes
If a test showed you had telomere shortening, it would be a red flag suggesting you should take a look at possible risk factors.
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I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
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The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.
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The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'
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Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
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All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
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I think what's important in a good manager and a good agent is that they know your vision and that they are passionate about you and believe in you. Because if they don't, then they're not going to work hard for you, and they're going to send you out on things that you don't want to do.
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Being innovative in your philanthropy allows you to stride forward in your giving journey; you can marry your mind and heart to turn charity into lasting impact; and you can become more ambitious in your giving.
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Teens want to read something that isn't a lie; we adults wish we could put our heads under the blankets and hide from the scary story we're writing for our kids.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman.
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There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
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I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.
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What happens in the media is the cult of personality. The brands who have been forced to cut their staff have been forced to take on the brands of journalists.
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At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
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I think Isambard Kingdom Brunel would be a good chap to have supper with. Anyone who builds a railway and then builds a steamship when he gets to Bristol and can't go any further must be a good chap.
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Vol. II, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928, p. 461
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People ask about dictators, 'Why?' But dictators themselves ask, 'Why not?'
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We live in such an age of chatter and distraction. Everything is a challenge for the ears and eyes.
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Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it.
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Christmas movies, it's a hard thing to do. The danger is you just end up with a Hollywood star with a Santa beard. You risk it being fake and cheesy and not real.
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If a test showed you had telomere shortening, it would be a red flag suggesting you should take a look at possible risk factors.
