Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Quotes

What really got me focused on cancer was when my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, and even though she was a well-to-do person, I found that her treatment costs were crippling.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

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FriendBestMeBest FriendPerson

I know I'm not some matinee idol, but I think we're sold this bill of goods by the media, which says that only the most beautiful and dashing people can become movie stars. So when someone like me sneaks in, they have to redo the calculations.

John C. Reilly

StarsBeautifulPeopleMeThink

The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces.

Maureen Murphy

MakeupToo MuchTroubleTwoReason

I did television a lot in my earlier years, so to do the high school student that's just the pretty girl, I've done that before, so I don't have any interest in that.

Amanda Crew

GirlSchoolHigh SchoolTelevision

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

Rosalynn Carter

LeaderGreatPeopleGoWantWhere

It should be noted that the EPA's banning of methanol is categorically absurd from the point of view of environmental protection.

Robert Zubrin

EnvironmentalViewPoint Of ViewEPA

The tactics of Saul Alinsky and Barack Obama are geared toward wealth redistribution.

Monica Crowley

WealthTacticsBarack ObamaObama

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

Jonathan Davis

MeLaughYouSameBecauseDifferent

No matter what, I can't sound like John Lennon. But I can do Tom Jones.

Chris Cornell

I CanMatterSoundLikeTomJohn

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.

Boethius

AdversityHappyWorstFortuneMisery

I'm definitely drawn to stories of just regular folks, just generally in some kind of horrific situation. I keep saying I want to do a love story in the south of France with a boy and girl and some wine. Then I always end up in an oil rig with four hundred guys or on a mountain with guys shooting at each other.

Peter Berg

LoveGirlMountainSayingStoryEnd

Serial tasking is hard because switching tasks is hard, even when the tasks are easy and similar. In some experiments, bilingual speakers are asked to read out numbers, first in one language and then midway in another language. They often stumble at the switch, taking many tries before they hit their stride again.

Sendhil Mullainathan

LanguageEasyNumbersFirstHard

Because I don't have to be careful of people's feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I'm teaching writing.

Tobias Wolff

PeopleWritingLiteratureFeelings

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