Elizabeth Blackburn Quotes

If we think of our chromosomes - they carry our genetic material - as being like shoelaces, I work on the plastic tips at the end that protect them.

Elizabeth Blackburn

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Algebra looked like Chinese characters to me, and I could never get into reading Shakespeare. I just did not get it.

Tommy Hilfiger

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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

Robert A. Heinlein

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It's very easy to look at the world and think this is all so cruel and so mean. It's important to not become bitter from it.

RuPaul

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My wedding was a very private affair for close family and friends, so I had decided to hold a reception in my native town.

Mohit Chauhan

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To be Jewish is to be specifically identified with a history. And if you're not aware of that when you're a child, the whole tradition is lost.

Joyce Carol Oates

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I grew up listening to Patsy Cline. I was a huge Patsy Cline fan. I still am. Even though she's considered country, I think of her more as a blues singer. She's got a great blues voice, and she has such an amazing story, which I always loved.

Diana DeGarmo

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All of us introverts aspire to be more outgoing, but it's not in our nature. When I was nearly 50, I discovered that the best thing to do was to tell everyone I worked with that I'm just shy. People are not mind readers - you need to let them know.

Douglas Conant

NatureBestPeopleMindYouKnow

After 'Punk'd,' my company Katalyst did a deal with AOL to produce short-form content for the Web. At that time it was a different game. If you got front-page coverage on any popular website, you could probably get a push.

Ashton Kutcher

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I've stepped more into my womanhood, I'm a mother now, I'm having a beautiful relationship as a wife and as a friend.

Alicia Keys

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I'm always writing. It might be a bad song, but I'm always writing.

Phillip Phillips

WritingSongBadAlwaysMight

When it comes to getting more women into parliament, politicians have at least started to take active measures. The British Labour Party introduced all-female shortlists in 1997.

Noreena Hertz

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I think the world's always a better place if people are filled with understanding.

Richard Dawkins

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