"Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science."

-- Paul Nurse

#Real Quotes #Philosophy Quotes #Careers Quotes

“The media, far from being a conspiracy to dull the political sense of the people, could be viewed as a conspiracy to disguise the extent of political indifference.”
“Singing was my first passion. Whenever I sing, I'm always so happy.”
“Sometimes I seem to be two people. One who does not paint and one who does. The one who does not paint assumes that the one who does can paint anything. The one who is the painter sometimes finds it difficult to live up to that faith.”
“I like to rock and roll, but I'm a mushy guy, too. I want to be the guy that all the girls love and all the guys want to hang out with.”
“In terms of legacy, I'm not sure that I see some great historic deposit there, as a result of her passing our way. She heightened the sense of social conscience in the New Deal generally. To her great credit, she was early on the side of the blacks in their fight for civil rights. She had a tendency to participate, which easily oozed over into meddlesomeness.”
“Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.”

Source : Joseph O'Connor, Random House UK (2004). “Star of the Sea”, p.381, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The music should be first, not the ego or the personality or the style.”
“Love the people you think you'd want to be with in the hereafter.”

Source : FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from Feb 12, 2013

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