Bonnie Bassler Quotes

It's incorrect to think of bacteria as these asocial, single cells. They are individual cells, but they act in communities, exactly the way people do.

Bonnie Bassler

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PeopleThinkWaySingleIndividual

Your subconscious mind is trying to help you all the time. That's why I keep a journal - not for chatter but for mostly the images that flow into the mind or little ideas. I keep a running journal, and I have all of my life, so it's like your gold mine when you start writing.

Jim Harrison

LifeTimeMindIdeasGoldStart

I've watched women being hideously unattractive, personality-wise and physically, all the time. But these women never end up on screen.

Melissa McCarthy

WomenTimeEndNeverUpScreen

Anybody can miss a penalty.

Mesut Ozil

MissAnybodyPenalty

I walk out to my backyard garden at certain times of the year, and I can't get 30 feet without stopping for 20 minutes because the goumis need trimming.

Ross Gay

WalkFeetYearGardenNeedBackyard

It's a bit naff, but there is something exciting about pulling a bit of pottery out of the ground that's 2,000 years old.

Mary Beard

OldYearsOutGroundSomethingBit

For years, I was watching other people have so much fun playing out their version of authorship, like Louis C.K. and Larry David. As I watched them do their thing, I began to pine for the days when I had a lot less expected of me and, often, a lot more creative freedom. The courage that those guys have is always captivating to me.

Jon Favreau

FreedomCourageCreativeFunPeople

I remember how, when I lived in Paris, there was a McDonald's, and I'd always see Americans eating there and think, 'Why do they come all the way to Paris and eat at McDonald's?'

Diedrich Bader

EatingThinkRememberParisMcDonald

Wet Hot American Summer so far is a financial disappointment and money was lost on it. But perhaps it will find its audience in video, cable, etc, maybe over the course of years.

David Wain

MoneyDisappointmentAmericanFind

Moms get their fair share of conflicting advice, with a heaping of unsolicited advice. Parents debate the pros/cons of different types of disposable diapers, whether the supposed carcinogens in Johnson & Johnson baby products hurt their kids who used it, which method of sleep training to use.

Christine Tsai

TrainingSleepParentsBabyHurt

It defies logic that protections against predatory debt collection practices don't apply to debt collectors hired by the federal government.

Cory Booker

GovernmentLogicDebtAgainstApply

I served the Poland that existed.

Wojciech Jaruzelski

PolandServedExisted

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.

Philip Pullman

TimeCuriousParentsGrowing UpYou

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