Christian de Duve I have had the good fortune to live – as an inside witness and, even, a modest participant – at a time when our understanding of this wonder we call ‘life’ has made its most revolutionary advances. – Christian de Duve Advances Quotes Fortune Quotes Life Quotes Live Quotes Modest Quotes Participant Quotes Revolutionary Quotes Time Quotes Understanding Quotes Witness Quotes I promptly fell in love with scientific research and soon had assigned myself, as a major vocation, the task of elucidating the mechanism of action of the antidiabetic hormone. Although attracted by the humanities, I had chosen medicine as a career, seduced by the image of the ‘man in white’ dispensing care and solace to the suffering. But science was lurking around the corner, in the form of an unpaid student assistantship in the laboratory of physiology.
Pankaj Kapur We’ve not given any attention to the people in their 50s and 60s, who need attention, education and engagement, in terms of the society and in terms of their identity as human beings. – Pankaj Kapur
Sidney Poitier So I’m OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was. – Sidney Poitier
Linda Thomas-Greenfield Democracy is a process – it’s not an end state, and our democracy continues to evolve, and sometimes we go backward. – Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Emma Hayes It’s important for everyone’s mental health they go home at Christmas. I don’t want to tell any player they can’t. – Emma Hayes
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