Nina Fedoroff Quotes

New molecular methods that add or modify genes can protect plants from diseases and pests and improve crops in ways that are both more environmentally benign and beyond the capability of older methods.

Nina Fedoroff

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PlantsNewBeyondProtectMore

I'm not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I'm not into surfing - that's what I'm trying to say.

Jens Lekman

CultureTryingSayActivitiesFond

Writers are magpies by nature, always collecting shiny things, storing them away and looking for connections of things.

John Connolly

NatureLookingConnectionsAlways

I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.

Maya Angelou

WorkMyselfFoolLiarHypocriteSay

My cousins and I used to play Beatle wives. We all wanted to be married to Paul, but John was O.K. too. None of us wanted Ringo. Or even worse, George.

Ann Hood

PlayCousinsUsedUsWorseEven

I love to paint. And I have another profession - an interior design business.

Mary Steenburgen

LoveBusinessDesignInteriorPaint

Not counting 'Small Steps,' I think 'Holes' is my best book, in terms of plot, and setting, and the way the story revealed itself. It hasn't changed my life, other than that I have more money than I did before I wrote it. I'm still too close to 'Small Steps' to compare it to 'Holes.'

Louis Sachar

LifeBestMoneySmallBookThink

A crisis, by its very nature, is a negative event.

Judy Smith

NatureNegativeCrisisEventVery

I hope my desire to travel so much isn't forever because it's not the most conducive lifestyle for a relationship or a family by any means.

Lisa Ling

FamilyRelationshipHopeTravelMost

I don't teach literature from my perspective as 'Joyce Carol Oates.' I try to teach fiction from the perspective of each writer. If I'm teaching a story by Hemingway, my endeavor is to present the story that Hemingway wrote in its fullest realization.

Joyce Carol Oates

PerspectiveStoryPresentLiterature

When there's a great horror movie, people are like, 'Horror's back!' And when there's a series of not so good ones, 'Horror's dead.' I think it's all about the quality. When there are one or two good horror movies in a row, people come out interested again.

Jason Blum

GoodGreatQualityPeopleThinkOut

This is really bad to admit but, you know, when you put your name in Google to see how many credits it's got by your name or something. So you put in 'Dolly Wells' and suddenly it goes 'Dolly Wells Feet' or something.

Dolly Wells

FeetNameYouBadAdmitKnow

I found that preparation is everything when you cook.

Prodigy

PreparationYouEverythingCook

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