I knew from the age of four that I wanted to preach. I didn't even consider it strange that grown people were listening to this kid preaching until I was around thirteen. I have never believed in limitations.
Science is really about individual experts reaching a consensus.
When I look out at the audience at some of our shows, I think we are reaching a younger audience... I see lots of people in their 30s and 40s, but I also see a lot of people in their young and middle teens, and that's definitely reassuring.
I'm not preaching about things you should do, I'm not political or anything. I'm probably not the best role model.
Chance is hugely significant in biology. In fact, the presence of apparent randomness in so many aspects of biology - from mutations in DNA to the chance involved in that one sperm reaching that one egg that became you - suggests that randomness is useful, even necessary, in very many cases.
Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before reaching forty.
I am reaching a point in my life where the basketball chapter in my life is slowly closing from a competition standpoint.
I deal with postpartum feelings by reaching out to mom friends. I became very close with some of the women in my prenatal yoga class.
At home, I love reaching out into that absolute silence, when you can hear the owl or the wind.
I was young not too long ago, and I know the last thing you want is someone preaching to you.
