Michael Smith Quotes

In 1986, I was asked by the then-Dean of Science at the University of British Columbia, Dr. R.C. Miller, Jr., to establish a new interdisciplinary institute, the Biotechnology Laboratory. I decided that it was time for me to start paying back for the thirty years of fun that I had been able to have in research.

Michael Smith

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 26, 1932 - October 4, 2000

Topics

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If you look at Myspace, Facebook was a better product. It's as simple as that.

Andrew Mason

SimpleBetterYouLookProduct

Understand that thoughts are thoughts. If they are unreasonable, reason with them, even if you have no reason left. You are the observer of your mind, not its victim.

Matt Haig

MindThoughtsYouUnderstandReason

If you are happy in your private life, and - that will affect your tennis, and that will help you, actually.

Ana Ivanovic

LifeHappyHelpYouWillTennis

I condemn racism on all levels, whether personal or systemic.

Tony Evans

RacismPersonalCondemnLevels

I think it's dynamite, the way my career has just kept moving, even when people didn't know it did. I made such interesting films, but, yeah, they're not necessarily the big movies that go to the supermarket. I don't need those movies, because I don't wanna do them.

Rutger Hauer

PeopleMovingThinkInterestingKnow

The extent to which all people in our society are made to count, and believe that they count, is not just a measure of decency; it makes sound economic sense.

Mary McAleese

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It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to destroy that presidency.

Russ Feingold

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I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.

Michelangelo

LifeGoodLiveMyselfI AmEvil

Because I have a dog, it's easier to work at home: I sit in a horrible weird 'Mastermind'-style chair and bask in my own mediocrity. Being single, I've no family life to distract me at the end of the day. Apart from taking the dog for a walk, I have no other responsibilities.

Miranda Hart

LifeWorkFamilyDogHomeWalk

I remember the people who mentored me, and I just love being able to do that for other people.

Chris Gethard

LovePeopleMeRememberBeingJust

The challenge of weaning ourselves off fossil fuel even as it becomes more abundant will make the old fights about energy conservation seem like child's play.

Chrystia Freeland

ChallengeChildEnergyPlayWill

I know Barack Obama. And I believe that as president, he'll pursue the common good by seeking common ground rather than trying to divide us.

Bob Casey, Jr.

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