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Gertrude B. Elion Quotes

I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of cancer. I decided nobody should suffer that much.

Gertrude B. Elion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 23, 1918 - February 21, 1999

Topics

Science Nobody Grandfather Suffer

I think many villains have the burden of not being very human.

Think Burden Human Being I Think

A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role.

Funny Good Moments You Play Serious

Nothing will see us through the age we're entering but high consciousness, and that comes hard. We don't have a good, modern myth yet, and we need one.

Good Age Nothing Will Need See

It is very important for an artiste to be excited about her work in every phase of her career. If a tiredness seeps into one's attitude, it will show in the quality of one's work.

Work Attitude Quality Career Will

I can give a speech, and I can do a rally, and I do them, but that's not what I like to do.

Speech I Can Give Rally Like Them

I do have this belief that we all have a chance to be great, beautiful people based on how we are raised and our surroundings.

Beautiful Great People Chance Belief

I was in Sweden for 10 days. They put me on the front page of the daily papers eight days in a row. I did nothing to warrant any of the attention. It was ridiculous.

Johnny Thunders

Daily Me Attention Page Nothing Did

Cycling is a part of my life; it always has been, and I will always continue to cycle. I won't be doing it on the world stage, doing it competitively, but I'll still be out on the weekend with the masses riding around Richmond Park in my Team Sky jersey or whatever. I just love it.

Bradley Wiggins

Life Love Sky Team World My Life

Instead of picking your career and backfilling your life behind that, what if you pick your life and backfill your career with whatever is left over?

Life You Career What If Over Left

I'm horribly hands-on, I'm afraid. I like to read every caption.

Afraid Hands-On Like Read Every

Religion was quite a thing in our house - we were Baptists. Some Sundays I went to church three times. If there was a talk on missionary work in the afternoon, I could be there all bloody day. But religion took its first big knock after Dad died.

Work Day Religion Church House Talk

My mother and father were partisan national heroes: I learned sacrifice and discipline from them and that a private life is not as important as the message you want to leave.

Marina Abramovic

Life Father Mother Discipline You

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