"I can see no practical application of molecular biology to human affairs... DNA is a tangled mass of linear molecules in which the informational content is quite inaccessible."

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Source : "Immunological Surveillance". Book by Burnet, F.M., Pergamon Press, pp. 240-241, 1970.

Frank Macfarlane Burnet

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“Directing is more like you're being a psychologist and you're kind of analyzing the situation and evaluating each person for their idiosyncrasies.”
“Persuading people through technology is the next social revolution. Facebook demonstrates just how powerful it will be.”
“The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.”
“The law, unfortunately, has always been retained on the side of power; laws have uniformly been enacted for the protection and perpetuation of power.”

Source : Thomas Cooper (1830). “A treatise on the law of libel and the liberty of the press: showing the origin, use, and abuse of the law of libel”, p.9
“I had never worked in that environment where you're able to play.”

Source : "Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer Talk FRANKLIN & BASH, the Guest Stars in Season 2, and Hopes for a Season 3". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 27, 2012.
“Reading [John] Calvin is a breath of fresh air.”
“As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have to be bold, so poignant it does not have to be pretty, so true it does not have to be real. Shibumi is understanding, rather than knowledge. Eloquent silence. In demeanor, it is modesty without pudency. In art, where the spirit of shibumi takes the form of sabi, it is elegant simplicity, articulate brevity. In philosophy, where shibumi emerges as wabi, it is spiritual tranquility that is not passive; it is being without the angst of becoming.”

Source : Trevanian (2005). “Shibumi: A Novel”, p.77, Broadway Books
“You can't argue with a raging want. You can, but it is useless.”

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