Sydney Brenner Quotes

The moment I saw the model and heard about the complementing base pairs I realized that it was the key to understanding all the problems in biology we had found intractable - it was the birth of molecular biology.

Sydney Brenner

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MomentProblemsKeyUnderstanding

I was born in 1926, right. In 1939, war broke out. And that has a tremendous effect on everybody's life because the basic principle of a human being is whether they're gonna be alive or dead in the morning. Now with the war on, you can't guarantee that, especially living in a city like Leeds where we had air raids and all that.

Jimmy Savile

LifeMorningWarCityYouBorn

Throughout history, civilizations have built a common cause through coming-of-age rituals. But we don't do that anymore. Maybe we should think about that.

Joe Klein

HistoryThinkThroughCommonCause

I am eagerly waiting to play the lead role in a romantic show! I have such a strong role in 'Balika Vadhu,' but none of the guys in the show romance me on screen.

Roop Durgapal

RomanticI AmWaitingMeStrong

For every role, I brought certain elements of the character. Even on 'White Collar' over six years, I tried to keep the set fun and breezy and Howard Hawks-y and very of the tone of the show.

Matt Bomer

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If Congress wants to reform our nation's air traffic control system, it must do so without creating new mandatory user fees and additional layers of regulatory bureaucracy.

Mike Pompeo

ControlCreatingNewBureaucracyAir

I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit.

Martin Short

PeopleKnowNiceNowDeadWrite

I take ISIS at its word. When they said, in their words, 'We'll use and exploit the refugee crisis to infiltrate the West,' that concerns me.

Michael McCaul

WordsMeSaidCrisisRefugeeTake

Most strikingly, 'World of Warcraft' allows you to live a veritable second life. Girls can pretend to be boys; boys can pretend to be girls; human accountants can pretend to be elven mages.

Jason Schreier

LifeLiveWorldYouHumanPretend

My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.

Dolly Parton

GoodTogetherPhoneFirstTwoTied

I'm sorry, I don't talk to the press. Even though I think you're cute.

Chelsea Clinton

CuteSorryThinkYouTalkPress

I think my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of state. I'm a foreign policy person, and to have a chance to serve my country as the nation's chief diplomat at a time of peril and consequence, that was enough.

Condoleezza Rice

FatherTimeChanceThinkThought

I went through a long period of time in that marriage when I didn't believe anything was my fault. I had to face what my part was, and only because of that difficult work was I able to trust a man again.

Connie Sellecca

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