Christian de Duve Quotes

What would help us preserve our natural resources are genetic traits that let us sacrifice the present for the sake of the future. You need wisdom to sacrifice something that is immediately useful or advantageous for the sake of something that will be important in the future.

Christian de Duve

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: belgian
  • Birth: October 2, 1917 - May 4, 2013

Topics

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It's a dream to be able to just play a multi-faceted character.

Viola Davis

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It's more frugal to wear ties that are given to you.

Jim Flaherty

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The main objective - our soul is our people. And our job is to enrich their lives, change the world. And so I think that's the bigger pressure you put on yourself.

Angela Ahrendts

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When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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A drunk driver is very dangerous. So is a drunk backseat driver if he's persuasive.

Demetri Martin

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I had a very 'colorful' language, and every time I went to say something, Michael would cut me off with words like 'shoot' and 'fudge.' He didn't like curses. He didn't think it was necessary when other words would do.

Debbie Rowe

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On the flip side, I enjoy covering the Arab world, I've spent my entire career here in the Middle East, but I would never call myself a war correspondent.

Anthony Shadid

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When you're entertaining, and I still haven't accomplished this because I'm always stuck in the kitchen, but spend enough time actually with your guests. It allows you to chill with your friends and be an actual, normal human as opposed to being in the kitchen cooking all the time.

Antoni Porowski

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I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.

Willie Stargell

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Screenplays are the currency of Hollywood.

Scott Derrickson

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Money comes and goes. When you pass away it's about what you've done to make this world a better place.

Tia Mowry

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I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

Rick Riordan

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