Christian de Duve Quotes

Born in England during the First World War, of Belgian parents with partly German roots, I grew up in the cosmopolitan city of Antwerp, where I had the benefit of a classical education taught in the two national languages of Belgium: French and Dutch.

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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Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is not within its own laws, Constitution, and legal precedents.

John Sununu

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The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.

Robert Frost

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I'm born into the cycle of giving that we're all born into, and I recognize it. So just because something is a good business, I'm not a business guy. I'm a creative guy.

Russell Simmons

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My life is so boring that your brains are going to melt and come out of your eyes.

Roz Chast

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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.

Michel de Montaigne

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Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. Rush Limbaugh's whole thing is entertainment. Yes, it is incendiary. Yes, it is ugly.

Michael Steele

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I think the American people believe in stopping and preventing terrorism pretty much at any cost.

Monica Crowley

PeopleBelieveThinkAmericanCost

The president may be a nice guy, but he's just over his head.

Mitt Romney

NicePresidentOverHeadGuyMay

Critics can say horrible things. It only hurts when I agree with them.

Jon Cryer

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I'm so busy these days. I forget everything but my lines.

Christopher Meloni

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My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be.

Brooke Shields

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It is very important for me that my clothes are comfortable and allow me to feel like myself and at ease.

Anushka Sharma

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