"I was driven completely by a desire to understand how cells worked."

-- Randy Schekman

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“The very same British and American families who had combined to wreck the Indian textile industry in the promotion of the opium trade [...] combined to make the trade, a valuable source of revenue. In 1864 they joined forces to create causes for war and to promote the terrible War Between the States, also known as the American Civil War.”
“Really, I'm pretty laid-back, always cracking jokes.”

Source : "Chace Crawford: Likes Sonic Burgers, Looks Sharp in Suits". Interview with Margarita Bertsos, www.glamour.com. January 6, 2010.
“A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.”
“I do what I feel impelled to do, as an artist would. Scientists function in the same way. I see all these as creative activities, as all part of the process of discovery. Perhaps that's one of the characteristics of what I call the evolvers, any subset of the population who keep things moving in a positive, creative, constructive way, revealing the truth and beauty that exists in life and in nature.”
“We cannot predict the future, but we can invent it.”
“Never underestimate the incompetence of government.”
“Imagine for a minute yourself in the same shoes, the same sense of survival and the same nothing to lose.”
“The reality is that there are half a billion kids in India, in villages, who have a pre-determined life. If they're very lucky and they're a gifted athlete, maybe they can compete for the Olympics, or maybe they can get into the military. But if you're not a gifted athlete, then you're going to end up working for your family and you're going to perpetuate what your family is. It's gotten to the point, in villages, where there's no hope. And the first spark of hope is when you ask yourself the question,"What gift did God give me that I can develop and use to better my life?"”

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