Richard Preston Quotes

The genome could be thought of as a kind of piano with twenty-five thousand keys. In some cases, a few keys may be out of tune, which can cause the music to sound wrong. In others, if one key goes dead the music turns into a cacophony, or the whole piano self-destructs.

Richard Preston

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Something I've learned being in this industry for so long is that if you want to work with somebody, call them up. Very few musicians have any illusions about genre boundaries. They are useful descriptive terms, but they don't really bind musicians.

John Darnielle

WorkMusiciansLongYouWantUp

When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just thought of the risk of not going into show business and always wondering if I would've had a chance. Because that's where my real heart was.

Steve Martin

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No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.

Tommy Lee Jones

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I'm massively open-minded to pretty much anything.

Michaela Coel

Open-MindedAnythingPrettyMuch

I've just got a really bad smile. I go for the scowl instead.

Jason Statham

SmileBadGoGotJustReally

If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that you don't have to explain anything to anybody. But when you get in with others who share the loneliness of the whole enterprise, you're not lonely anymore.

Denis Johnson

LonelinessYourselfLonelyYouWrite

It always surprises me how much my followers appreciate how candid my photos are - they may not have a particularly unique subject, but it's more about the light you shed on the subject than the subject itself.

Connor Franta

LightMeCandidAppreciateYouMore

Giving birth was probably the most empowering thing I've ever done physically. I was like, 'Now I can do anything. I can run a marathon... I can run three marathons!'

Christy Turlington

GivingI CanDoneNowThreeRun

The small family farm is dying; people's lives are being dislocated.

Bobbie Ann Mason

FamilyPeopleSmallFarmDying

Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.

Annie Lennox

LightAmazingAchieveNowSheRoom

I think that a woman that is elegant herself is somebody who can dress herself easily and effortlessly.

Alice Temperley

WomanDressThinkElegantHerself

Whenever people talk about Don and I recording again, which almost everybody usually mentions, I always say 'Well, there's plenty of things that you haven't heard! Plenty of things out there to discover!'

Phil Everly

PeopleYouSayTalkAlwaysOut

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