Christian de Duve Quotes

I believe that the writers of Genesis had detected the inherent selfishness in human nature that I propose is in our genes, and invented the myth of original sin to account for it. It's an image. I am not acting as an exegete - I don't interpret scripture.

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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When you get made into the Mafia, they cut, prick your finger. And they take the blood and put it on the picture of a saint. Then they burn it. That's the Mafia induction ceremony.

Michael Imperioli

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I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.

John Steinbeck

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The U.S. space program has mythologies attached to pioneering and conquering, but the Russian tradition is very different. In the Russian tradition, the ultimate goal of humanity was to resurrect all humans.

Trevor Paglen

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Not only do I know how to milk a cow, but I know how to herd a bunch of cows, too, which is a life skill that I think may come in handy someday.

Martina McBride

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My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?

Loni Anderson

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When I am at home writing, I have all the power. I am God. But TV is a polytheistic universe.

Diana Gabaldon

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It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.

Desiderius Erasmus

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Critics called me 'egregious' - I had to look that one up - and 'creepy', but now I don't read them, I weigh them.

Craig Charles

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I think I brush the surface of being involved politically with the issues and the personalities in the news.

Constance Zimmer

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I thought if I really wanted to be serious about writing, I should make my own desk.

Brad Barkley

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It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

Plato

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I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.

Kobe Bryant

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