People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great.
JAMES WATSONI 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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I have been much blessed.
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Never be the brightest person in the room.
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There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.
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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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You’ve never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.
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No one may have the guts to say this, but if we could make better human beings by knowing how to add genes, why shouldn’t we?
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Knowing “why” (an idea) is more important than learning “what” (the fact).
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For 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.
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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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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
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Science that leads over the horizon depends on gathering the best minds and enabling them to do what the best minds naturally seek to do: pursue the most thrilling questions of the time.
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[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.
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Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.
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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.
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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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