"I had turned my anxiety into my profession."

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Source : François Jacob (1995). “The Statue Within: An Autobiography”, p.9, CSHL Press

Francois Jacob

#Anxiety Quotes #Profession Quotes

“You can be denounced from the heavens, and it only makes people interested.”
“I was taking my dog out the other day and I met this chap who asked me where I was going. The dog is foaming at the mouth, so I explained that I was on my way to the vet to have it put down. He asked if it was mad, to which I replied that it wasn't exactly pleased about it.”
“I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student.”

Source : "Leonardo DiCaprio & Ed Zwick for “Blood Diamond”". Interview with Garth Franklin, www.darkhorizons.com. December 7, 2006.
“If you can just convince the dope people that the gun people are right and the gun people that the dope people are right, we could actually live in a lot more freedom.”
“George W. Bush will have to come to the UN and admit that he was wrong.”
“Even when a friend does something you do not like, he continues to be your friend.”
“The exercise of freedom invariably results in some choices that are unwise or wrong. But, by living with the consequences of his foolish choices a man learns to choose more wisely next time.”
“The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism.”

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