Sam Kean Quotes

Your body thinks radium is a great thing to pack into bone - where it kills some cells outright and scrambles the DNA of others, causing problems like cancer.

Sam Kean

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GreatProblemsBodyYour BodyDNA

I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more.

Max von Sydow

WorkRetirementWantMoreGetJust

I'd like to win an Oscar and then refuse it so I can protest the way they've treated Marlon Brando.

Michael Horse

WinI CanWayProtestLikeRefuse

I used to fly airplanes myself, so being above the ground doesn't worry me too much.

John Rhys-Davies

MyselfMeFlyWorryToo MuchGround

I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.

Amanda Palmer

ArtParentsSurviveShameReal

I always support anyone who I think is dope, female-wise. Whereas a lot of females are scared of other females.

Stefflon Don

SupportThinkDopeAlwaysScared

In an increasingly complex world, with courseloads becoming heavier and heavier, shouldn't we be opting for more accountability when it comes to our professors, not less?

Steven Crowder

WorldAccountabilityMoreComplex

The reality is, if you're going to have a defeat on the road, Week 1 is probably the best time to have it.

Mike McCarthy

TimeBestRoadRealityWeekYou

Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.

Mike McCready

BusinessRespectServiceDownKind

If you think about it, now that Spider-Man is in the Marvel universe, that means that Peter Parker was probably, like, eight years old when he saw Tony on TV telling the world he's Iron Man. And when you start thinking about it as a whole world like that, it gets really fascinating.

Jon Watts

ManWorldStartThinkThinkingYou

I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry.

Chinua Achebe

LovePassionHeartBeautifulPoetry

I actually don't meet very many men because they are, I guess, afraid to approach me or think that I'm from another planet.

Claudia Schiffer

MenMeThinkMeetAfraidPlanet

I took Laura on a trip once where we followed the Immigrant Trail for about six hundred miles. She really learned a lesson. People forget too often how it was back then.

Bruce Dern

PeopleLessonBackTrailForgetShe

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