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Patenting tends to get people's juices flowing when you put the word 'gene' and the word 'patent' in the same sentence. And understandably so. This is stuff we're carrying around - all of us - inside all of our cells. Should somebody be able to lay claim to it?

~Francis Collins

Topics: Able Around Carrying Cells Claim Flowing Gene Get Inside Juices Lay Our Patent People Put Same Sentence Should Somebody Stuff Tends Us Word You

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I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it without asking anyone's permission.

~Francis Ford Coppola

Topics: Able Anyone Asking Emerge Film Go Know Make Off Out Permission Ready Without Write I Write

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Why do I write? From selfishness. Because this state of liquefied, complex concentration, however faintly and dimly I'm able to perceive it, is the greatest pleasure I know.

~Francis Spufford

Topics: Able Because Complex Concentration Greatest Greatest Pleasure However Know Perceive Pleasure Selfishness State Why Write I Write

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My mother was very fashion-oriented, and she started a little children's wear business that became large in this little town. She used to be able to look at a picture of an outfit and just start cutting the fabric right there.

~Francisco Costa

Topics: Able Became Business Children Cutting Fabric Just Large Little Little Town Look Mother Outfit Picture Right She Start Started Town Used Very Wear

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It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Able Act Being Clever Cleverness Conceal Great

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It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Able Believe Comprehend Loath Men Mind Opinionated Very Weakness

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It's not necessary to have read everything about a particular subject in order to get interested in it. The main thing is to sort out what's important and what is peripheral in order to be able to dive in.

~Francois Englert

Topics: Able About Dive Everything Get Important Interested Main Main Thing Necessary Order Out Particular Peripheral Read Sort Subject Thing

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As an assistant in the polytechnic department, I was able to finance new studies and got my Physics Masters Degree in 1958 and my Ph.D. in 1959.

~Francois Englert

Topics: Able Assistant Degree Department Finance Got Masters New Physics Studies

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France isn't just any country in Europe, and its president is not an ordinary leader in the world. Sometimes directing or leading the way is not enough, he has to initiate policies, as Nicolas Sarkozy was able to demonstrate during his term.

~Francois Hollande

Topics: Able Any Country Demonstrate Directing Enough Europe France He His Initiate Just Leader Leading Ordinary Policies President Sometimes Term Way World

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I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able to put France back on its feet... to live better in five years than we do today.

~Francois Hollande

Topics: Able Am Back Better Feet Five France French Going Hope Know Live Put Sure Than Today Where Will Years I Am

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