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"Because when I started, so little was known about the human genome. It was unthinkable that we could look at a person’s DNA and make a diagnosis for a disease or perform a prenatal diagnosis where we could diagnose babies in utero to see if they inherited a genetic disease from their parents. I feel that I have been so fortunate in my career to have experienced all these changes and to work in a field that has its heyday right now."

"“My coach gave me a race plan, I followed it and I emerged victorious,”"

"I’m really happy because we worked very well with the team. It was a new circuit for me, so we were working a lot in every corner, but I’m really happy like that. The level is quite high, so I expect a lot of battles from the first race. Yesterday was an important day for women in motorcycling. This Championship will be very important to help women grow in this world. I’m quite happy to be part of this Championship, I’ve been working and fighting a lot of years to have my place here, so it’s really important that Dorna created this Championship."

"There are some riders that were fast today, but I don’t know, we will see after the first race who is fighting for the victory. I expect something different, the level is quite high, so I think it will be a good Championship, it will be fun. I know I’m fast, and I know I have the experience to fight for the title, but you never know, you have to work every race, and always achieve good results, and at the end of the season, we will see who the favourite is. Misano is a track that I love, my last win in WorldSSP300 was there in 2021, so I’m looking forward to being back in Misano. There are always good races and good battles."

"“I think we need to look at a different view of public health. It can’t just be about campaigns to stop smoking, it needs to be about how can you live a healthy life in your community and that means local resources, services whether it is libraries, sports, or development staff. We need advocates to look at ideas for the future and there needs to be a sense of urgency that we need to do something more.”"

"“One of the things that has really struck me about the emerging evidence is that we always presumed our privacy didn't exist. Isn't it terrible that we normalised that?”"

"“The job I do is an incredible privilege.”"

"“Do what you love … my advice is always do what you love … do get experience where you can … volunteer where you can too.”"

"The Vikramkhol inscription supplies a link [in] the passage of letter-forms from the Mohenjodaro script to Brahmi."

"Historians like Sarkar, Dr Romesh Chandra Majumdar, Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade, Raghubir Singh, Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar, Govind Sakharam Sardesai and several contemporaries of theirs, many of whom shone in brilliance even under colonial rule, are in my view exemplars of what fact-based, dispassionate historians are."

"I think the biggest tool for resilience is recognizing that we're already resilient, that we've already done the hard things."

"It's always okay to lick your wounds a little bit."

"do whatever you want to get your mind off it, talk to your friends, rage, cry a little, whatever works for you."

"I believe that curiosity, integrity and generosity are the key attributes for good scientists. You need to be addicted to asking and answering questions! In doing this, we get to discover new things, either small details or big leaps in knowledge, on a daily basis - which is incredibly wonderful."

"No, I don’t miss being in the lab. For me, the exciting part of science is working out what the question is, and how to answer it. I am very privileged - I get to ask questions, and have a wonderful team who generates data to answer them."

"African scientists have to be resilient - it’s a tough career anywhere, but especially in Africa where we face many additional challenges. But it’s essential that we African scientists use our skills and determination to do good research that is relevant to our communities."

"The only good TB bacillus is a dead one"

"People said that suddenly changing fields was either reckless or brave, but I found that my chemistry and maths background really set me up well for moving into biology."

"It was the ground-breaking start of molecular biology, so I really felt the need to capitalise on that."

"There's no room for mediocrity here. Excellence is what I've aspired towards in my own work and excellence is what this institute is about."

"I’m talking about the whole social justice system because it's not just the perpetrators. It is the victims, their families, everybody around them. So, this whole matter of bringing justice to victims has many dimensions."

"I would also like to see more South African and African plants being commercialised nationally by a completely local supply chain – from researchers, manufacturers and formulators to the promotion of indigenous knowledge systems and traditional knowledge holders."

"Over the past 18 months, we have been working to identify natural preservatives in indigenous biological resources that can be used in the preservation of cosmeceutical products."

"We already know a lot about human history from archaeology and anthropology, but recently genetics has provided a wonderful boost to the field."

"we could actually look and say: ‘We see a Neanderthal version of the gene and we can measure its effect on phenotype in many people—how often they get sunburned, what color their hair is, and what color their eyes are."

"I believe that true innovation happens at intersections."

"Let’s think beyond payments. Payments should be the rails that support a vast array of financial products and services."

"Where we can be strengthened is in connecting more meaningfully with markets who are focused on banking and financing."

"If you can combine the ingenuity of African innovators with the experience of European bankers, you can create solutions that will give millions access to powerful financial tools."

"One of the biggest challenges is maintaining rapid growth while educating customers."

"Financial inclusion is about outcomes. It’s about what intuitive, accessible, and affordable financial tools can do to improve business performance and quality of life."

"I love solving big, systemic, sticky problems. Mm. I think it’s what gets me up in the morning."

"we can get people to ideate, we can support them to build better businesses, but they’re still running into this wall of, they have no access to resources."

"I enjoy and get fulfilment from working through problems that are difficult to solve, chop it off bit by bit and at the end of the day bring meaningful change. The Entrepreneurial Spirit is a part of who I am."

"I would say just do it. This is the best time to start a business if you haven’t already. Get your experience now and whether you’re now starting your business or already have, it’s not too late to start using OZÉ. Go for it and make sure you have the right place and support to do it."

"I thought I had dismissed my past, but one morning it caught up with me."

"It is precisely when the house is on fire, as I said to myself, and there is a good excuse to flee, that one should defend it all the more energetically. I suppose I acted less because of an ideology than to be true to myself."

"In a broader way, I discovered those those great, simple truths that had escaped me in the kind of magic circle I had shut myself into: that war is hideous, fanatical beliefs murderous, and death the supreme evil."

"I shall never be so embittered as to discourage the faith of those who are twenty years of age. I believe, though, I have earned the right to urge prudence, not as regards the act of commitment itself, but in the choice that leads to it."

"There was also anti-Semitism, a tricky problem. I did not feel then, and have never felt, any racial hatred. To me the Jews were a symbol; to oppose them was to fight against international capitalism. In the closed world in which I moved they represented the forces of evil."

"Now I can smile at this fervor. But I do not repudiate it. It is, above all it was, a part of my truth."

"Pain was in the order of things and restored the much-scoffed-at-discipline. And it was just such a discipline that I expected from the Waffen SS, founded not on caste or compulsion but, to the contrary, on a kind of internal justice, accepted by each member as a matter of course because it was based on a communal ideal in which all were equal, even the higher ranks in the hierarchy."

"Prisons, like churches, always escape the bombings."

"I decided to take a risk, not out of pride, but simply because it was only by a certain frankness that I could keep my self-respect."

"There is a plethora of opportunities to collaborate with world-class researchers"

"I am looking forward to contributing to the groundbreaking cross-disciplinary research in physical health, sports, leisure, and recreation being pioneered at KSR"

"I anticipate that the environmental justice lens I adopt will be key to advancing research in KSR, which is focused on critical issues. I am excited to pursue an understanding of the linkages between access to recreational resources (in virtual and physical environments) and the well-being of marginalized and minoritized populations such as racialized groups, first nations, people living with disabilities and LGBTQ+ populations. I expect to further focus on how access emerges from well-being related outcomes of socio-physical exchanges (such as exchanges across user communities and elements in recreational environments) and socio-technical interactions (such as interactions among user communities and design professionals of recreational environments)."

"I’ve always seen it as being absolutely essential to combine research with activism and I believe that really solid activism can be bolstered by having a research basis."

"I’ve held a belief that I will incrementally be able to try and contribute towards making the world a better place for women."

"You can do anything if you want to do it and shouldn’t be restricted by what you have learned at school."