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"My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a cook and my father as a handyman and chauffeur."
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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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"I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity."
Science
"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."
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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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"My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a cook and my father as a handyman and chauffeur."
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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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"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."
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"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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"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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"My 6 years with Murdoch were pivotal for my entire research career."
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"A mother is the most important blessing of your life."
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"A mother's love is more beautiful than any fresh flower."
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"The longest tenured First LOVE and Greatest TEACHER, in-fact life long, is none the other, but Mother."
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"I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go."
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"I'd like to be a wife and mother. I guess I'll know Mr. Right when I meet him."
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"She is incredibly fit, but we remind staff that she's not just the monarch, but our mother."
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"I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails. But I have two sisters and a mother, and we're Latin, so we gossip."
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"I just cleared the slate and thought of her as a mother and went from there."
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"We never got anything out of the recordings. I'm still as broke as I was when I was with the Mothers."
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"My mother was the total influence. My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer."
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