Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.
JAMES WATSONKnowing “why” (an idea) is more important than learning “what” (the fact).
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I never dreamed that in my lifetime my own genome would be sequenced.
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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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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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Science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders. Instead, its steps forward (and sometimes backward) are often very human events in which personalities and cultural traditions play major roles.
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It’s necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.
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There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.
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The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn’t believe in God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls.
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Knowing “why” (an idea) is more important than learning “what” (the fact).
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Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.
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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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Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.
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We’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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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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Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.
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I have been much blessed.
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