Pamela Ronald famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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When it comes to taking genes from viruses and bacteria and putting them into plants, people say 'Yuck! Why would scientists do that?' Because sometimes it is the safest, cheapest and most effective technology to advance sustainable agriculture and enhance food security.
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There is broad scientiï¬c consensus that genetically engineered crops currently on the market are safe to eat. After 14 years of cultivation and a cumulative total of 2 billion acres planted, no adverse health or environmental effects have resulted from commercialization of genetically engineered crops.
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Everything that we eat today has been improved through some sort of breeding process. Anytime you do this, you introduce not only the genes that you know, but some that are not characterized.
-- Pamela Ronald
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I've always been a bit of a mix between art and technology. I used to paint a lot, but I'm not very good with my hands. It has always been a fusion between my computer gaming interests and being exposed to the rich data of society that we live in.
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The best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it blends in.
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Agriculture is the most destructive industry that we have. More than coal mining and other extractive industries.
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If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods.
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Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.
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The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.
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Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
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I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.
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People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.
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Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.
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