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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Quotes

I think we are intrinsically prone to being irrational and superstitious. A lot of it comes from our fear of the unknown and the fear of a lack of control over our fate.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1952

Topics

Fear Control Think Fate Unknown Our

Softball has given me so much in life. It's taught me the kind of person I want to be, and given me a sweet sisterhood. It even led me to my husband.

Jennie Finch

Life Me Sweet Husband Person Kind

What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and to be sort of treated not in a discriminatory way. I don't think there is anything controversial about me saying that. This is just a fact.

Sonny Rollins

Me Saying Think Musicians I Can Go

Rules governing defecation, hygiene, and pollution exist in every culture at every period in history. It may in fact be the foundation of civilization: What is toilet training if not the first attempt to turn a child into an acceptable member of society?

Rose George

History Culture Training Child Rules

There's no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don't exist.

Ron White

Fire People Reason Act Exist

I'm not just a boy toy. I have feelings and dreams like anybody else.

Jon Stewart

Dreams Feelings Boy Toy Just Like

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Nature People Opinion Strong Weak

There's still nothing like a home-cooked meal. Absolutely not.

Draymond Green

Nothing Meal Still Like Absolutely

People always come up to me and say, Oh, you're Chloe Se-VIG-ny, right? Sevigny. Number seven, letter e.

Chloe Sevigny

People Me You Say Right Always

When we were doing the cheerleading for this, I was excited about doing it because I always wanted to be a cheerleader. I always wanted to but I didn't get to because I was working.

Christina Milian

Doing Always Excited Working Get

If you are everywhere, then you've sacrificed the very thing that you are complaining about, which is your own privacy.

Cote de Pablo

You Privacy Complaining Own Your

My grandfather was a really, really tough no-nonsense factory worker who emigrated from Ireland in about 1900 to Bridgeport, Conn. He had a big effect on me. Those guys who took a great leap out into what they knew not were the ones who were the real stars, the real heroes.

Brian Dennehy

Stars Great Me Tough Grandfather

I had so many wonderful guys that I worked with and great matches - that's what was most important to me - and the fans.

Bret Hart

Great Me Important Wonderful Fans