"In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic question: why does cancer exist? What is its place in the grand story of life?"

-- Paul Davies

#Cancer Quotes #Doe Quotes #Stories Quotes

“You live and die by results, I asked to be judged on that and people have.”

Source : "Steve McClaren: No excuses". www.mirror.co.uk. November 22, 2007.
“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.”

Source : Anne Bradstreet, Adrienne Rich, Jeannine Hensley (2010). “The works of Anne Bradstreet”, Belknap Pr
“I like having my own style; love my work or hate my work, it's my own.”
“I am struck that so many of our leaders in the U.S. forget how strong our country can be.”
“When we bring what is within out into the world, miracles happen.”
“Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.”

Source : Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From September 11, 1943 to August 16, 1945”
“The best ideas come unexpectedly from a conversation or a common activity like watering the garden. These can get lost or slip away if not acted on when they occur.”
“As I looked down, I saw a large river meandering slowly along for miles, passing from one country to another without stopping. I also saw huge forests, extending along several borders. And I watched the extent of one ocean touch the shores of separate continents. Two words leaped to mind as I looked down on all this: commonality and interdependence. We are one world.”

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