John Gurdon Quotes

The work I was involved in had no obvious therapeutic benefit. It was purely of scientific interest. I hope the country will continue to support basic research even though it may have no obvious practical value.

John Gurdon

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I mean, I spent 30 years in the world of physical perfection, right? I've known most of the world's most perfect physical specimens over the course of the last 30 years.

Jim Lampley

PerfectionWorldPerfectMeanRight

I always wake up at the crack of ice.

Joe E. Lewis

Wake UpIceAlwaysUpCrackWake

If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is President, people like Christopher Reeve will get up out of that wheelchair and walk again.

John Edwards

WorkWalkPeopleCountryWillOut

Giap was a master of logistics, but his reputation rests on more than that. His victories were achieved by a patient strategy that he and Ho Chi Minh were convinced would succeed - an unwavering resolve to suffer immense casualties and the near total destruction of their country to defeat any adversary, no matter how powerful.

John McCain

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The most significant civil rights problem is voting. Each citizen's right to vote is fundamental to all the other rights of citizenship and the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 make it the responsibility of the Department of Justice to protect that right.

Robert Kennedy

JusticeResponsibilityVotingProblem

I've had some Democrat African-American leaders tell me they're really not all that comfortable with Obama as the lead at the MLK festivities 'cause he's not down for the struggle. He does not have that in his roots.

Rush Limbaugh

StruggleMeRootsDownComfortable

My family didn't have money to travel, so reading was how I knew about the world. It made me hungry to have more experiences than just what I could possibly experience in Arkansas.

Mary Steenburgen

FamilyMoneyExperienceTravelWorld

Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually.

Liz Phair

StyleKindWayListenWriteBedroom

With less and less television being watched live, consumers are enjoying the freedom to record at home or in the cloud, watch locally or on the go, and binge watch entire series that they never had the time to enjoy.

Jay Samit

HomeLiveFreedomTimeCloudEnjoy

I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.

Chief Joseph

PeopleWantDidBloodshed

It's fun to be sarcastic, but now I'm able to express myself in a way that's much more sincere.

Christina Ricci

MyselfFunNowWaySarcasticMore

Competitiveness has been a big thing for me.

Bobby Rahal

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