"It is one of the more striking generalizations of biochemistry - which surprisingly is hardly ever mentioned in the biochemical textbooks - that the twenty amino acids and the four bases, are, with minor reservations, the same throughout Nature."

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Francis Crick

#Twenties Quotes #Textbooks Quotes #Four Quotes

“Don't read newspapers for the news (just for the gossip and, of course, profiles of authors). The best filter to know if the news matters is if you hear it in cafes, restaurants... or (again) parties.”
“Writers talk too much.”
“The ecstatic state of wholeness is bound to be transient because it has no part in the total pattern of â€˜adaptation through maladaptationâ€™ which is characteristic of our speciesâ€¦the hunger of imagination, the desire and pursuit of the whole, take origin from the realization that something is missing, from awareness of incompleteness.”

Source : Anthony Storr (2015). “Solitude a Return to the Self”, p.197, Simon and Schuster
“A good, very good, not to say admirable schoolmaster, but then he is only a schoolmaster.”
“Henri IV's feet and armpits enjoyed an international reputation.”
“Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.”

Source : Marya Mannes (1971). “Out of my time”
“Thereâ€™s only two types of manager. Those whoâ€™ve been sacked and those who will be sacked in then future”
“All great art is born of the metropolis.”

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