Christian de Duve My education, according to the tradition of the Jesuit school which I attended, had been centered on the ‘ancient humanities’, and I was strongly attracted to the more literary branches. – Christian de Duve Ancient Quotes Attended Quotes Attracted Quotes Branches Quotes Centered Quotes Education Quotes Humanities Quotes Jesuit Quotes Literary Quotes School Quotes Tradition Quotes Our investigations were very fruitful. They led to the discovery of a new cell part, the lysosome, which received its name in 1955, and later of yet another organelle, the peroxisome. Due to these various circumstances, when I entered the Catholic University of Louvain in 1934, I had already travelled in a number of European countries and spoke four languages fairly fluently. This turned out to be a valuable asset in my subsequent career as a scientist.
HealthPhil Knight Running is a basic ingredient for your health, just as much as eating and sleeping, but going out for a run by yourself and taking a moment to think also creates a certain peace. – Phil Knight
Sven-Goran Eriksson Serie A was the best league in the world when Roma offered me the job of manager in 1984. – Sven-Goran Eriksson
Heidi Hammel Scientists normally like to do experiments. You know, they like to mix this with that and see what happens. They like to take this thing and poke it and see how it reacts. In astronomy, we can’t do that. The stars, the planets, the galaxies, are so far away that we just look at them, and we have to learn things by looking at them. – Heidi Hammel
ImaginationRichard Russo My books are elegiac in the sense that they’re odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my imagination. – Richard Russo
Seth Meyers My father is sort of the jokester. My dad is still the funniest guy in our family. – Seth Meyers
Art Shell There comes a time when you have to shut it off, let it go, and say it’s not going to happen. – Art Shell
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