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S. Jay Olshansky Quotes

Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the 2nd Century A.D. and the Arabic philosopher/physician Avicenna from the 11th Century A.D. believed in it.

S. Jay Olshansky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 22, 1954

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Physician Immortality Ancient Century

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego.

John Cheever

Good Writing Promises Ego Things

You can get knocked down, and it hurts and it leaves scars. But if you're a leader, the people you've counted on will help you up. And if you're a leader, the people who count on you need you on your feet.

Stanley A. McChrystal

Leader People Feet Help You Down

It's a huge responsibility writing about people who are alive. It's the thing about writing that keeps me awake at night: dramatising real-life events with real people.

Simon Beaufoy

Responsibility People Me Writing

People call me Swimone more than Simone now.... Not quite used to that yet!

Simone Manuel

People Me Now More Call Used

I'm a farmer. I always will be a farmer. When I die, I'll be a farmer. It's something that I've wanted to do since I was 8 years old. I can tell you also that I see opportunity slipping away for our kids.

Jon Tester

Opportunity Die Farmer You I Can

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.

Dean Koontz

Past Wish Long Never I Wish Out

Good mothers and good fathers and good families don't always have great children.

Cissy Houston

Good Children Great Always Mothers

Anytime you want to hear about graph partitioning, I will be glad to tell you what I know about graph partitioning. It remains a standard problem. I think it's an interesting problem, because it shows up in a variety of guises in real life.

Brian Kernighan

Life Think Interesting Problem You

Passion should meet your professional life, and I'm a living, breathing testament to that.

Bozoma Saint John

Life Passion Professional Living

Privacy under what circumstance? Privacy at home under what circumstances? You have more privacy if everyone's illiterate, but you wouldn't really call that privacy. That's ignorance.

Bruce Sterling

Home Ignorance You Privacy More

What I read, I read thoroughly and retain almost all of it.

Philip Schultz

Almost Read Retain Thoroughly

The hardest thing to do is something that is close to nothing.

Marina Abramovic

Nothing Something Hardest Close