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It is a loss for Stanford and a loss for America. Without a doubt, they are the best people I know to find out which genes are altered to cause cancer.


Irving Weissman

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That's what's happening....
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JOHN IRVING Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity...
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JOHN IRVING Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away a...
WASHINGTON IRVING One thing that somebody told me is that leadership is a lonely role - some people can do it, and som...
KYRIE IRVING The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increa...
IRVING BABBITT Sensitive people faced with the prospect of a camera portrait put on a face they think is the one th...
IRVING PENN A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husband...
WASHINGTON IRVING There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and...
WASHINGTON IRVING All I do is sit at home and watch Netflix.
KYRIE IRVING What I really try to do is photograph people at rest, in a state of serenity.
IRVING PENN Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
WASHINGTON IRVING A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener wi...
WASHINGTON IRVING Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The sto...
JOHN IRVING Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.
IRVING STONE This was not of the nature of a Christlike lesson for Owen Meany to learn, as he lay in the manger, ...
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