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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

#careers #complete #contemplated #drudgery #experiments

My main efforts focussed on trying to identify the rate controlling steps during the cell cycle. Crucial for this analysis were wee mutants that were advanced prematurely through the cell cycle and so divided at a reduced cell size. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#analysis #cell #controlling #crucial #cycle

My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#always #aspirations #both #comfortably #efforts

Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem. ↗

— Paul Nurse

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This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal. ↗

— Paul Nurse

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I don't think anyone should pick a candidate for any office based solely on gender. That would be, I believe, a mistake. ↗

— Jim Nussle

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Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the tax burden low and the economy growing. ↗

— Jim Nussle

#check #deficits #economy #growing #keep

What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#enjoy #go #had #hadn #incredible

If NASA is to reach beyond the Moon and someday reach Mars, it must be relieved of the burden of launching people and cargo to low earth orbit. To do that, we must invest more in commercial spaceflight. ↗

— Bill Nye

#burden #cargo #commercial #earth #invest

Winter lingered so long in the lap of Spring that it occasioned a great deal of talk. ↗

— Bill Nye

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