"I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity."

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Source : "Sir Paul Nurse - Biographical". "Les Prix Nobel" ("The Nobel Prizes 2001") edited by Tore Frängsmyr, Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, www.nobelprize.org. 2002.

Paul Nurse

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“If we don't end war, war will end us.”
“I have terrible PMS. I just went a little crazy.”
“One of my favorite cartoon characters is Snoopy. I love the way he sits and lies on his kennel and contemplates the great things of life.”
“I remember making a videotape in a fancy hair salon in Beverly Hills. The soundtrack in the salon had a whole worldview behind it - I was interested in things like that.”
“One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion.”
“Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war.”
“There are lots of big books that have gay characters - or, more commonly, a gay character - in secondary roles, but seldom are their lives, and especially their sexual lives, on center stage.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television.”

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