Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.
JAMES WATSONFor all my life, America was the place to be. And we somehow continue to be the place where there are real opportunities to change the world for the better.
More James Watson Quotes
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Do things as soon as you can. If a decision needs to be made, make it. It gives you more time to change your mind.
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No good model ever accounted for all the facts, since some data was bound to be misleading if not plain wrong.
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Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely.
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A clone of Einstein wouldn’t be stupid, but he wouldn’t necessarily be any genius, either.
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The brain, is the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.
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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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I turned against the left wing because they don’t like genetics, because genetics implies that sometimes in life we fail because we have bad genes. They want all failure in life to be due to the evil system.
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Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you’re not going to hire them.
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I have been much blessed.
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Never be the brightest person in the room.
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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.
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Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.
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It’s necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.
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If I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn’t have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday. On the other hand, I was lonely a lot of the time.
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