[As a young man ] I came to the conclusion that the church was just a bunch of fascists that supported Franco. I stopped going on Sunday mornings and watched the birds with my father instead.
JAMES WATSONDNA was my only gold rush. I regarded DNA as worth a gold rush.
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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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DNA was my only gold rush. I regarded DNA as worth a gold rush.
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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
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Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.
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People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great.
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I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.
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We’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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Our goal should be to understand our differences.
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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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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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Never be the brightest person in the room.
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I have been much blessed.
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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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The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.
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