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"First of all, many human diseases are influenced by, if not caused by mutations in genes."
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"In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter."

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"I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I can't compare hearing aids to normal hearing."

"First you find a little thread, a little thread leads you to a string, and the string leads you to a rope. And from the rope you hang by the neck."

"It was my band. I organized the band and Dizzy was in the band. Dizzy was the first musical director with the band. Charlie Parker was in the band. But, no, no, that was my band."

"You know, I once leased a Mercedes because I got a good deal on it because of my first name."

"I think we were the first picture to cut on Final Cut Pro. So we were the guinea pigs, because we got a deal on the system. But with that comes all sorts of technological problems I couldn't begin to describe."
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"People are not the only interesting organism on earth. From the point of view of scientific or commercial value, there are lots of interesting organisms."

"My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World."

"As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way."

"So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choice. The faculty was scholarly and dedicated and accessible to students."

"Small science, which includes most research in the life sciences all over the world, is science directed usually by an individual senior scientist and a small team of junior associates, perhaps three, ten, fifteen, something in that order."

"My education began in the public schools of Wilmington. During most of these years, from about age 10, I also worked at some job or other after school, on weekends, and in the summer months."

"And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance."

"At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends."
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