Roderick MacKinnon Quotes

I always say, 'Let your experiment speak to you.' What I mean by that is I - actually, we, or, at least, I'm not smart enough, actually, to guess how nature is working, but by looking and doing the right experiments and paying close attention to the subtleties of it, you start to catch on.

Roderick MacKinnon

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I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing, and I guess I grew up with '90s grunge, post-punk pop music.

Jessica Pare

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And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.

John Grierson

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When my plans to become a world-famous rockstar didn't pan out, I decided to try being a lesbian instead, didn't pull that off either, and wrote my second book, the national bestseller, 'The Straight Girl's Guide To Sleeping With Chicks.'

Jen Sincero

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I always thought of vampires, especially the young-adult ones, as a metaphor for sex - sucking blood, forbidden, taboo. I think they just ooze sex. Vampires are all the big themes in life in one attractive, bloodsucking package.

Melissa de la Cruz

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I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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I can't divorce myself from my childhood. I try to write as much fiction as I possibly can, but there are so many things that are touchstones of my childhood like being on the swim team and playing soccer and the particularities of sports season and environments that make their way into my books.

Jeff Kinney

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I'm never going to change who I am for the UFC.

Stipe Miocic

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Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Tori Amos

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I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done.

Mickey Gilley

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Finding great training, I think, is number one. I did a lot of research and found really great teachers, and it just takes - I took a year off from school and did independent studies so that I could devote all of my time to it. But I think that training is the key, definitely, and it's not a sport.

Misty Copeland

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I'm naturally a protective person to those close to me.

Jason Statham

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Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better.

Jon Tester

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