William Landay Quotes

Genes are not simple triggers. No one is hardwired to commit murder or any other crime. Our actions are always the result of stupendously complex gene-environment interactions, and environment is likely to remain the more important influence by far.

William Landay

Recitation: by Male by Female

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SimpleInfluenceEnvironmentResult

I'm still trying to find the actor I want to be, but I know what kind of the talent I want to be around.

John David Washington

TalentTryingFindKnowWantKind

I used to go to the U.S. Open on my birthdays and sit in the nosebleeds.

Andy Roddick

GoOpenSitBirthdaysUsed

We shouldn't persuade people that we can simply conjure up the sun and the moon: at the most, we can deliver a telescope.

Jean-Claude Juncker

SunPeopleMoonUpPersuadeDeliver

Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

WorldKnittingUse

From the Left comes the proposition that, given the slow economy, we should defer attending to the problem of mounting obligations - and the truly delusional idea that growing federal debt doesn't matter because we owe most of it to ourselves.

Steven Rattner

SlowProblemGrowingDebtMatter

If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.

Sitting Bull

ChildrenFoodPeopleFeelWishLand

I don't really think about the degree of difficulty or the possibility of making a mistake. I just try to relax and let my preparation and training take over.

Simone Biles

TrainingMistakePreparationRelax

To me, acting doesn't really feel that different, one job to another.

Tom Noonan

JobMeFeelActingDifferentReally

I enjoy travel very much. I've taken the kids to Europe when there were just the two boys.

Roger Zelazny

TravelEnjoyTwoEuropeJustKids

I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew I could only do that a few times before I was in danger of repeating myself.

Michel Faber

MyselfSpecialOthersDangerBooks

Historically, I'm not a great patient when it comes to slowing down.

Michael Keaton

GreatDownPatientSlowing

Faith and reason overpower each other throughout one's life, which results in contradiction, but the conflict never ceases in any sphere.

Lobsang Tenzin

LifeFaithConflictResultsNever

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