“Perhaps it is my job to offend some scientists. I'm not asking them to be reckless or unprofessional, but I do want to reinforce a sense of urgency.”

— Christopher Reeve

Source: As quoted I Nigel Williams, “Reeve's stem-cell legacy” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982204007973, “Current Biology” , Volume 14, Issue 21, 9 November 2004, Pages R907-R908

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