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"The purpose of employment is not to make money."
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"Having a job is being busy."
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"CA means Chakra of Ambitions. I am a Chartered Accountant."
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"CA means Charismatic Amalgamation of great experiences of life. I am a Chartered Accountant."
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"When you're under employment, you are not working in the area of your calling but rather helping to fulfill your employer's."
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"Joblessness gives you time to grow."
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"I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing."
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"Do not complain about two things; your job and your position, because you can always change them."
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"Although I've had several major career changes, I was extremely hesitant about making some of them."
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"What I wanted more than anything was a long career."
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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."
Thought
"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."
Aspiration
"My 6 years with Murdoch were pivotal for my entire research career."
Career
"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."
Time
"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 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."
Time
"I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity."
Science
"Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem."
Experience
"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."
Politics
"At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys."
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