If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you a chance to play out your second one.
JAMES WATSONI think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.
More James Watson Quotes
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You’ve never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.
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The brain is the last and grandest biological frontier, the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe. It contains hundreds of billions of cells interlinked through trillions of connections. The brain boggles the mind.
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Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.
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Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.
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Never be the brightest person in the room.
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DNA was my only gold rush. I regarded DNA as worth a gold rush.
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Ever since we achieved a breakthrough in the area of recombinant DNA in 1973, left-wing nuts and environmental kooks have been screaming that we will create some kind of Frankenstein bug or Andromeda Strain that will destroy us all.
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Our goal should be to understand our differences.
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There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.
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I don’t think we are here for anything. We’re just products of evolution. You can say, “Gee, your life must be pretty bleak if you don’t think there’s a purpose.” But I’m anticipating a good lunch.
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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.
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Racists have often used pseudoscience to justify their socially damaging views; watch these films to see how science, by replacing ignorance with knowledge, can undo that damage.
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One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.
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Ultimately, we’ll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.
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