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Paul Nurse

"I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy."

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"Patriotism is the narcissism of countries."

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"Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions."

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"Some people had attack dogs. Ghastek had attack lawyers."

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"All authority belongs to the people."

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"A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards."

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"I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day."

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"An empty stomach is not a good political adviser."

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"It is easy for those who conflate religion with government to interpret any criticism of government or policy as an 'attack' on their 'faith'."

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"Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again."

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"There is this common notion that young conservatives are the few, that most people had liberal worldviews when they were young. If this is true, then it is with great irony that a number of old liberals must never had progressed into conservatives as they grew older."

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Paul Nurse
"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."

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Paul Nurse
"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."

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"This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to any research project that I have undertaken."

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"A key issue in developmental biology at that time was the problem of how cells underwent differentiation, with most workers concentrating on explanations in terms of changes in enzyme and gene regulation."

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Paul Nurse
"I had a great time investigating the pigments of different mutant fruit flies by following experimental protocols published in Scientific American, and I also remember making my own beetle collection when it was still acceptable to make such collections."

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Paul Nurse
"I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity."

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

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Paul Nurse
"I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy."

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"At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys."

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"I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science."

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