I didn't want to be one of those arty nutcases.


Sam Heughan

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America was probably Europe's equal scientifically by the end of World War I and certainly surpa...
SAM KEAN
The more that I looked at DNA, the more I realized it was nature and nurture. It's how genes and...
SAM KEAN
Boron is carbon's neighbor on the periodic table, which means it can do a passable carbon impres...
SAM KEAN
Most people, even most doctors, learn that the placenta is a nice, tight seal that prevents anything...
SAM KEAN
I didn't mind staying home from school and medicating myself with vanilla ice cream and chocolat...
SAM KEAN
Brain surgery couldn't happen without the patient's own active voice to guide the work. The ...
SAM KEAN
Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.
SAM KEAN
I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they w...
SAM HUNTINGTON
I always learn something from every actor I've ever worked with. I always pick something from th...
SAM HUNTINGTON
You get to a place where you do your job, and then you dust your hands off and say, 'Okay, my jo...
SAM HUNTINGTON
My kid is a year and a half old, and I just want to roll around on the floor with him for a little b...
SAM HUNTINGTON
In all seriousness, I'm flattered and humbled to have been asked to reprise my role as Luke in t...
SAM HUNTINGTON
I would be hard-pressed to look back at anything that I have done in my career and not say, 'I w...
SAM HUNTINGTON
I can tell you Kristen Hager is one of my all time favorite people to work with ever and one of the ...
SAM HUNTINGTON
I wrote a song several years ago while I was in college called 'Muscadine Wine.' I really di...
SAM HUNT
Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
SAM HUNT
The most flattering thing I hear is, 'I didn't think I liked country music before I heard yo...
SAM HUNT
I realized that I could try to sound like Waylon Jennings, or I could try to be like Waylon Jennings...
SAM HUNT
Within the songwriting community, there are these unwritten rules for the way that a song should be ...
SAM HUNT
I'm conflicted about the lyric tattoo thing. I feel like that's a lifetime decision, and I a...
SAM HUNT
I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me.
SAM HUNT
People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
SAM HUNT
I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard w...
SAM HUNT
People sniff out when you try to fake something or be something you are not.
SAM HUNT
I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
SAM HUNT
It's good to be proud of your heritage and your culture, but pride can be perverted.
SAM HUNT
I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country arti...
SAM HUNT
After graduating college, I was coming out of a routine I'd been in for several years, all the w...
SAM HUNT
By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
SAM HUNT