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The only 'afterlife' is what other people remember of you.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Afterlife Only Other People Remember You

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I hope I'll be remembered for my scientific contribution to understanding life and human life.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Contribution Hope Human Human Life Life Remembered Scientific Understanding

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How we understand our own selves and how we work with our DNA software has implications that will affect everything from vaccine development to new approaches to antibiotics, new sources of food, new sources of chemicals, even potentially new sources of energy.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Affect Antibiotics Approaches Chemicals Development Energy Even Everything Food How Implications New Our Own Potentially Selves Software Sources Understand Vaccine Will Work Dna

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I've always been fascinated with adrenaline; it's saved my life more than once, and it's caused me to need it to save my life more than once. One of the most fascinating responses in human evolution, adrenaline sharpens your brain; it sharpens your responses.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Adrenaline Always Been Brain Caused Evolution Fascinated Fascinating Human Human Evolution Life Me More Most My Life Need Once Responses Save Saved Sharpens Than Your

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I somewhat joke that I know an awful lot because I learn from my mistakes. I just make a lot of mistakes. It's OK to fail in science just as long as you have the successes to go with the failures.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Awful Awful Lot Because Fail Failures Go Joke Just Know Learn Long Lot Make Mistakes Ok Science Somewhat Successes You

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Science should be the most fun job on the planet. You get to ask questions about the world around you and go out and seek the answers. Not to have fun doing that is crazy.

~Craig Venter

Topics: About Answers Around Ask Crazy Doing Fun Get Go Have Fun Job Most Out Planet Questions Science Seek Should World You

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Organisms in the ocean provide over 40 percent of the oxygen we breathe, and they're the major sink for capturing all the carbon dioxide we constantly release into the atmosphere.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Atmosphere Breathe Capturing Carbon Carbon Dioxide Constantly Major Ocean Organisms Over Oxygen Percent Provide Release Sink

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I was a surf bum wannabe. I left home at age 17 and moved to Southern California to try to take up surfing as a vocation, but this was in 1964, and there was this nasty little thing called the Vietnam War. As a result, I got drafted.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Age Bum California Drafted Got Home Left Little Little Thing Moved Nasty Result Southern Southern California Surf Surfing Take Thing Try Up Vietnam Vietnam War Vocation War

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The Vietnam War totally turned my life around. Some people's lives were eliminated or destroyed by the experience. I was one of the fortunate few who came out better off.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Around Better Better Off Came Destroyed Eliminated Experience Few Fortunate Life Lives My Life Off Out People Some Totally Turned Vietnam Vietnam War War Were Who

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Now that we can read and write the genetic code, put it in digital form and translate it back into synthesized life, it will be possible to speed up biological evolution to the pace of social evolution.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Back Biological Code Digital Evolution Form Genetic Life Now Pace Possible Put Read Social Speed Translate Up Will Write

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: October 14th, 1946

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