"And yet in a funny way our lack of success led to our breakthrough; because, since we could not get a cell line off the shelf doing what we wanted, we were forced to construct it. And the original experiment ... developed into a method for the production of hybridomas ... [which] was of more importance than our original purpose."

-- Cesar Milstein

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“Up to a certain point every man is what he thinks he is.”

Source : F.H. Bradley, Carol Keene (1999). “F.H. Bradley: Miscellaneous Writings”, Thoemmes
“If it wasn't for my drama teacher, I wouldn't be here right now.”
“A mine-free world does not need to be a dream - together, we can make it a reality.”
“Judeo-Christian revelation is not the negative influence secularists proclaim it to be. Rather, it is the taproot of our civilization.”
“The European organisation contemplated could not oppose any ethnic group, on other continents or in Europe itself, outside of the League of Nations, any more than it could oppose the League of Nations.”
“Try and stay sober. Until the curtain call. And for God's sake, have fun. Don't suffer for your art. Just have fun.”
“It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape.”

Source : Ruskin Bond (2003). “Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas”, p.92, Penguin Books India
“The shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment.”

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