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Michael J. Fox
(9 Jun 1961 - )
Canadian-American actor whose well-remembered roles include starring in the Family Ties TV series and the movie trilogy Back to the Future. Since being diagnosed, at age 30, as having Parkinson's disease, he has been a prominent advocate for research into its cure.
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Science Quotes by Michael J. Fox (3 quotes)
“Why do you think it is…”, I asked Dr. Cook … “that brain surgery, above all else—even rocket science—gets singled out as the most challenging of human feats, the one demanding the utmost of human intelligence?”
[Dr. Cook answered,] “No margin for error.”
[Dr. Cook answered,] “No margin for error.”
— Michael J. Fox
In Lucky Man (2002), 208.
Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure and prevention of disease can occur.
— Michael J. Fox
Commencement Address, Medical School Convocation, University of Miami (10 May 2003). Previously on website michaeljfox.org. Quoted as epigraph, in The Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders: Bridging the Gap in Parkinson’s Research and Care, pdf on same site, page 2.
We’ve all seen Apollo 13. NASA guys always have the old “plastic bag, cardboard tubing, and duct tape” option to fall back on when the shit hits the fan. Neurosurgeons have no such leeway. What it comes down to is this: if a brain surgeon screws up, it means a multi-million-dollar malpractice suit, but if a rocket scientist screws up, it means a multi-million-dollar hit movie starring Tom Hanks.
— Michael J. Fox
In Lucky Man (2002), 209.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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