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Martin Chalfie Quotes

Mainly I study the sense of touch and what the molecules are that transduce touch. And I use mutants in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to look at that problem.

Martin Chalfie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 15, 1947

Topics

Problem Look Touch Study Sense Use

I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.

Molly Ivins

Powerful Aim Satire Cruel Powerless

A majority of this country opposes this war, a majority of this country never voted for this administration.

Michael Moore

War Country Never Majority Voted

My father used to run auctions. He's now a singer in the Canary Islands.

Jason Statham

Father Now Run Singer Used He

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.

Don DeLillo

Nature Fear Time Rain Curious Down

The number one priority is playing baseball. There are so many people in New York trying to get you to do this and get you to do that, which is fine, but you have to take care of yourself.

Derek Jeter

Yourself Baseball New York People

I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shot.

Donnie Wahlberg

Work Me Start Someone Go Big

We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of globalism.

Donald Trump

People Song Country Surrender Will

My son died for lies.

Cindy Sheehan

Son Lies Died

Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things.

Claire Danes

Time Control Become Over Things

Pity sidesteps complexity in favor of narratives that we're comfortable with, reducing the nuances of a person's experience to a sound bite.

Phil Klay

Experience Person Comfortable Sound

Sugar is my friend, not my love. I always season sugar with a bit of acid or salt. Listen to your tongue.

Sherry Yard

Love Friend Tongue Salt Sugar Your

My mother and father raised their eyebrows at first when I said I wanted to be an actor because I was in this industrial city. My dad had done a bit of boxing on the side, but he was a welder first and foremost. I was 17, and I said, 'I want to be an actor.' They worried it was a waste of time.

Sean Bean

Father Mother Time City Said Done