“Precision medicine is diving into the DNA with a knowledge that everybody's tumor has a unique genetic profile and you want to be able to identify that specific piece of DNA that has become mutated and that is driving cancer growth.” WantAbleGrowthPiecesUniqueMedicineCancerDrivingDnaPrecisionProfileDivingTumors Author:Laurie Glimcher
“My job - and it's really true - is that it's constantly evolving and changing. When I was doing the Chet Baker movie I was obsessed with playing the trumpet, and to my absolute shock I haven't picked the trumpet up since we wrapped. It was so much work. I thought I was going to keep playing the rest of my life, 'cause it was fun, it's just a lot of work. And it's a really unique job that exposes you to a lot.” JobsFunCausesHavensUniqueAbsolutesEvolveObsessedShockTrumpetsBakersReally TrueChet Baker Author:Ethan Hawke
“It's a really unique job that is a little schizophrenic and you have to kind of do it with a sense of humor.The trick is figuring out what each job is asking of you and what it's not asking of you.” KindLittlesJobsUniqueAskingTricksSense Of HumorSchizophrenic Author:Ethan Hawke
“I've had several moments in my career where it seemed like I might not age out of the bracket the world wants to put you in. It's hard to keep growing up inside the performing arts. It's very difficult, and presents a lot of unique challenges.” WorldWantArtHardMomentsMightAgeDifficultChallengesCareersGrowing UpGrowingUniquePerformingPerforming ArtsBrackets Author:Ethan Hawke
“While the storytelling in games is getting so much better, you look at something like Grand Theft Auto V, which I thought was really beautifully written, it doesn't really need a movie because it is a movie. So I think you need a unique game - you either need an incredibly talented writer and director to come in and put together an amazing vision, or you need a game like Metal Gear, which is very cinematic, has a huge amount of history behind it, but whose cinematic experience is very different from what you'd get in a theater.” ThinkingNeedsLooksDifferentTogetherGamesBehindsVisionWrittenHugeAmountDirectorsUniqueTheaterStorytellingMetalsTheftGearsCinematicReally BeautifulGrand Theft AutoMetal Gear Author:David Hayter
“The most exciting part of the casting process was casting out of Israel, which was a really unique process, mainly done remotely from California, looking at casting tapes.” DoneProcessUniqueExcitingIsraelCaliforniaTapeCasting Author:Tim Kring
“As I've said many times, the nuclear deal was never intended to resolve all of our differences with Iran. But still, engaging directly with the Iranian government on a sustained basis for the first time in decades has created a unique opportunity, a window, to try to resolve important issues.” TryingFirstsSaidStillsImportantGovernmentOpportunityDifferencesDealsIssuesUniqueFirst TimeWindowBasesDecadesNuclearIranResolveEngagingIranianImportant IssuesUnique Opportunities Author:Barack Obama
“Management has failed miserably at creating increased value for shareholders. Indeed, despite some recent short-term gains, which actually only put us back where we were eight years ago, they have been devaluing our assets, turning a unique institution into just another entertainment company.” YearsHas BeensValuesTermCompanyCreatingUniqueGainsYears AgoManagementInstitutionsEntertainmentEightDespiteAssetsShort TermShareholders Author:Roy O. Disney
“Although the film industry is a very unique melting pot of creative and business types, both for the good and the bad, I love being able to wake up everyday to play.” PlayAbleFilmLove IsCreativeTypeIndustryUniqueWake UpEverydayPotMeltingFilm IndustryMelting Pot Author:Kyle Cassie
“I think when you go skiing you have to buy into the après, so it has to be lively for me. There is such a unique atmosphere in ski resorts that it's all about having fun once you get off the mountain and, as a couple, we embrace that.” ThinkingFunCoupleMountainUniqueEmbraceAtmosphereHaving FunResortsLivelySkisSkiing Author:Mike Tindall
“I knew what I wanted to do when I set out. I knew that I wanted to write a book that told the story, obviously. I wanted it be comedy first, because I felt like there already had been childhood druggy stories that were very serious, and I felt that the unique thing here was that I was a comic and I could tell the story with some levity, and I have been laughing at these stories my whole life.” WritingFirstsHas BeensBookWholeStoriesWantedFeltLaughingComedyChildhoodSeriousUniqueWhole LifeComicLevityUnique Things Author:Moshe Kasher
“It may be, it just may be, that life as we know it with its humanity is more unique than many have thought.” KnowsMayHumanityUnique Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“I like this idea of the re-foundation of the European Union, maybe it can be done, because Europe - I do not say is unique, but it has a force, a culture, a history that cannot be wasted, and we must do everything so that the European Union has the strength and also the inspiration to make it go forward.” IdeasDoneInspirationCultureForceUniqueEuropeFoundationUnionsEuropean Union Author:Pope Francis
“I personally find that each instalment has a different director, cast and crew, and I've also been in a different season in my life for each of them, so I feel like each movie is a unique experience that centres around my undying passion for music and dance.” FeelsDifferentPassionDirectorsUniqueSeasonsCastsCrewCentreMusic And DanceUnique ExperiencesPassion For Music Author:Alyson Stoner
“It's a very different show because of the elements that we're putting in. There's so many different styles of comedy, but Mr. Show was unique to Bob and David - two of the most brilliant performers and writers there are. Their show was based on them. Our show is a bit more broad. We have a cast of 7, we have guests. We can be slightly more topical.” TwoDifferentShowsBitsComedyStyleElementsUniqueCastsBrilliantBroadsPerformersGuestsBobDifferent StylesMr Show Author:B. J. Porter
“Every stroke a tennis player plays is different, yet we perceive them as playing in a distinctive and unique way. It's what Heidegger called a certain 'how' of existing. It's ultimately always singular, and the double task of (a) getting it in view and (b) communicating it to others will inevitably be marked more often by failure than success!” WayDifferentPlayCertainViewsPlayerUniqueTasksCommunicatePerceiveTennisStrokesDistinctiveTennis PlayerHeidegger Author:George Pattison
“I wasn't able to articulate it until after audience members gave feedback. And then, similarly, when we talked about the bromance being unique, I don't think Mark, Jay, and I really saw how special that aspect of that bromance was until our audience members sort of gave us feedback and let us know, "Hey, we've never seen a bromance like this before on television."” ThinkingKnowsAbleAudienceSawsSpecialTelevisionMembersUniqueAspectMarkHeyFeedbackBeing UniqueBromance Author:Steve Zissis
“That's the part where the governments have a unique role, and then when it progresses well enough, then existing companies or new startup companies should take it. In the $3 trillion a year energy market, the rewards will be quite fantastic.” ShouldYearsWellsEnoughGovernmentEnergyCompanyRolesProgressUniqueRewardsFantasticNew Start Author:Bill Gates
“I have the belief that we are all created to be unique. We are supposed to be different and do those things that made us who we are.” MadeDifferentBeliefUniqueSupposed To BeWho We Are Author:Atticus Shaffer
“I feel blessed because not only my character is, but I, myself, can be a role model for people to show that is okay to be your own unique self.” PeopleFeelsSelfCharacterShowsRolesUniqueModelsOkayBlessedRole ModelsUnique Self Author:Atticus Shaffer
“Everyone is talking about sustainability and resilience, yet all that knowledge is thrown in the bin. [Lagos is] a unique case, but also a test case. It's unbelievably unique, but also it's now considered with a number of really generic opinions, generic solution, generic expectations.” NumbersTalkingOpinionCasesUniqueSolutionsExpectationsTestsResilienceThrownSustainabilityGeneric Author:Rem Koolhaas
“Of course the Silicon Valley is unique and Berlin is not yet comparable. But of all the different cities that are building a startup infrastructure, Berlin is the one with the most similar energy.” DifferentCoursesEnergyCitiesBuildingUniqueValleysInfrastructureBerlinSiliconSilicon Valley Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“I think the more people you add on stage, the more locked it things become. Whereas fewer members on stage gets the audience to notice any small idiosyncrasy or unique moment that one of the three people onstage is having. It also means that mistakes are accentuated, but to good affect generally if you are that type of band.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanMomentsThreeMistakeAudienceStageTypeBandMembersUniqueAddFewerLockedIdiosyncrasies Author:Chris Cain
“With repeated listenings, a piece eventually becomes its own being. I very often say to students that this is like meeting a person for the first time. When you first meet someone, you reference that person with others who are similar; but, as you get to know that person better, you begin to understand his unique qualities.” KnowsFirstsPersonsQualityPiecesStudentsListeningUniqueFirst TimeMeetings Author:Paul Lansky
“I think outsiders sometimes produce the best fictional perspectives on reality because they're set apart from it, so they have a unique view from the border.” ThinkingSometimesRealityViewsProducePerspectiveUniqueBordersOutsiders Author:Christopher Rice
“The idea that human beings can make history, that is something quite unique to the modern West.” HumansIdeasHuman BeingsModernUniqueWest Author:Pankaj Mishra
“I have a unique ability to mock everything. I'm a sponge by nature, thats what my environment made me.” MadeAbilityEnvironmentUniqueMockSponges Author:Aeriel Miranda
“I think everybody is different. We are trying to be ourselves, and other people are trying to be themselves. We all share commonalities with each other, but all of us have different thumbprints. We all have our own unique things.” PeopleThinkingTryingDifferentShareUniqueCommonalityUnique ThingsThumbprints Author:Michael Gungor
“I don't want everybody to try to sound like something; I think that God has given us each unique talents and passions. The things that come out of me will be different than my neighbor, because I have a totally different set of relationships, totally different set influences and personality traits.” ThinkingWantTryingDifferentPassionGivenSoundInfluenceTalentPersonalityUniqueNeighborTraitsLike SomethingPersonality TraitsUnique TalentsTalent And Passion Author:Michael Gungor
“I do think that every generation has its unique story.” ThinkingStoriesGenerationsUnique Author:Marianne Williamson
“Shambhala does have unique teachings, as do many Buddhist traditions. For example, certain teachings within Shambhala have to do with raising the personal windhorse, or the energy of the individual, so a person has good fortitude to be able to live a good life.” PersonsDoeAbleCertainIndividualEnergyTeachingExampleUniqueTraditionBuddhistGood LifeFortitudeShambhala Author:Sakyong Mipham
“Shambhala is a Buddhist tradition with its own unique view and approach.” ViewsApproachUniqueTraditionBuddhistShambhala Author:Sakyong Mipham
“Do not turn into just cookie-cutter producer, cookie-cutter this, but a producer that people say wow, when they do something it's great or just unique or whatever.” PeopleTurnsUniqueProducersWowCookiesCuttersCookie Cutters Author:Ice Cube
“I don't want to get myself in trouble - and I don't think I'm super important or anything - but I think it's so funny that when you look at the business and the way that people make decisions in their lives, whether they're in art or music or they're in industry, they forget that being unique is the answer.” PeopleThinkingWayWantLooksArtImportantDecisionAnswersForgetTroubleIndustryUniqueBeing Unique Author:Justin Vernon
“What a unique opportunity to be in town. I love townies. I value it, so to speak.” ValuesOpportunitySpeakUniqueTownsUnique Opportunities Author:Justin Vernon
“Haiti is unique - the first successful slave revolt in history, the first black republic etc., and then when you get into the culture, the voodoo, and that wonderful synchretization of Christian and African belief and symbology, it's like nothing the world has ever seen.” WorldFirstsChristianCultureBeliefBlackSuccessfulWonderfulUniqueSlaveEtcRepublicRevoltHaitiVoodoo Author:Ben Fountain
“I love to work with Julia [Holter] because our voices have a similar timbre, and she's very unique. She finds very avant-garde harmonies that I adore.” VoiceUniqueHarmonyAdoreJuliaAvant GardeTimbre Author:Linda Perhacs
“I think it crucial to recognize that you can't straightforwardly "adapt" Douglas Adams. Douglas's genius was uniquely his own. What I've tried to do here, and in every other version, is to be true to the character and the Adams' tone and approach to narrative, his unique brand of word-play and "idea-play" humor.” ThinkingIdeasPlayCharacterGeniusApproachUniqueVersionsBeing TrueBrandsNarrativeToneCrucial Author:Arvind Ethan David
“He [Osama bin Laden] is clearly an odd combination of a 12th-century theologian and a 21st-century CEO. He runs an absolutely unique organization in the Islamic world. It's multiethnic, multilinguistic, multinational. He is a combat veteran, three times wounded. He has a huge reputation in the Islamic world for generosity and leadership. He's a man who speaks eloquent, almost poetic Arabic, according to Bernard Lewis.” MenWorldRunningThreeSpeakCenturyHugeUniqueOrganizationReputationGenerosityCombinationOddIslamicPoeticCombatWoundedCeo21st CenturyVeteranTheologianThree TimesBin LadenEloquentOsama Bin LadenMultinationalsCombat Veterans Author:Michael Scheuer
“Adam is one of my favourite writers, period. He has such a unique voice and he's somebody who I admire so much for putting the effort into inventing his own language and furthering it.” LanguageVoiceEffortPeriodsUniqueAdmireAdamFavouriteInventingUnique Voices Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“People didn't get to see how other towns interpreted the underground ethos, and so they developed their own unique versions of it.” PeopleUniqueTownsVersionsEthos Author:Michael Azerrad
“With Fred McDowell, I just love the way he articulates the notes. I'm hardly unique in that, but there's just something about that that I love.” WayUniqueNotes Author:Bill Orcutt
“I think there's something unique in the fact that her powers come from the same thing that powers him, and that is how we've made them have that kind of... that specifically in common, as opposed to it being something else that the comics kind of created, which has been pure romance. But they do have something uniquely special because of that.” ThinkingKindHas BeensMadeFactsRomanceCommonSpecialPureUnique Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different countries like India and China. I think that would be a shame not to take advantage and do something... not unique, because I don't have this pretension.” ThinkingWorldKindDifferentCountryWould BeInfluenceRocksUniqueAdvantageIndiaShameJazzChinaPopsClassical MusicPop MusicRock MusicPretensionDifferent CountriesWorld Music Author:Rokia Traore
“You can't be unique any way. Music is made from seven notes. You will always come back to something. Even if you think you are unique, you will come back to something that existed before you were doing what you are doing.” IfsThinkingWayMadeMusic IsUniqueNotesSeven Author:Rokia Traore
“I don't think I'm unique or that I'm trying to do something unique, but I feel it is something I would like to hear. This kind of music I would like to listen to but I can't hear very often.” ThinkingFeelsTryingKindI CanUnique Author:Rokia Traore
“There's not much room for deviation, yet if you manage to crack it, there then you can express things that actually do sound unique and genuinely original.” IfsSoundRoomsUniqueOriginalsManageCracksDeviation Author:Rob Brown
“I love movies and I love to watch movies and being a part of the whole film experience. Being a filmgoer is a unique experience, and it can affect you on so many levels. But being an actor in movies you often have a very narrow palette for expressing yourself.” WholeFilmActorsLevelsWatchesUniqueExpress YourselfPaletteMovie LoveWatch MovieUnique Experiences Author:Zooey Deschanel
“When I was writing the book, I thought "Who wants to hear another story about some actor who lost his way?" But my story is a little unique in that I realized when I was 14 years old that I was different. I think a lot of gay people use drugs and alcohol to quell that fear and shame - especially people of my age.” PeopleThinkingWayWantWritingYearsLittlesBookDifferentStoriesUseAgeActorsLostGayDrugUniqueShameAlcoholI RealizedGay PeopleDrugs And Alcohol Author:Leslie Jordan