When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.


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Most people, even most doctors, learn that the placenta is a nice, tight seal that prevents anything...
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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