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"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."
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"Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else."
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"While trying to protect the republic, the conspirators in Julius Caesar enable Mark Antony to triumph. In Rose Rage, the more Henry VI tries to fix things, the more they go wrong."
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"I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself."
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"One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools."
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"They asked me why I was wearing heels, and I said, I'm trying to hide my ass. They gave me a prosthetic behind."
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"I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me."
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"You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices."
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"I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted."
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"Are you trying to manipulate me? It's working."
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"I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog."
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"I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science."
Science
"It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways."
Knowledge
"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."
Thought
"At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys."
Age
"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."
Time
"I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child."
Family
"Better understanding of the natural world not only enhances all of us as human beings, but can also be harnessed for the better good, leading to improved health and quality of life."
Health
"I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity."
Science
"During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky."
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"I decided that the University of Sussex in Brighton was a good place for this work because it had a strong tradition in bacterial molecular genetics and an excellent reputation in biology."
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