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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.

James Watson

DNA was my only gold rush. I regarded DNA as worth a gold rush.
JAMES WATSON

Biology Gold Myself Rush Science
A clone of Einstein wouldn’t be stupid, but he wouldn’t necessarily be any genius, either.
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Genius Necessary Stupidity
It’s necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.
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Employment Important Necessary Yourself
The American public is being sold a very nasty bill of goods about cancer.
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Good Price Production Public Sick
Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.
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Collaboration Team Work
There are many people of color who are very talented.
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Color Different People Talent
The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.
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Believe Discover Fast Speed
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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Change Decision Mindset Need Time
Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely.
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Religion Time Understand
If scientists don’t play God, who will?
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God One Liner Play Science
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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Goodness Model Responsibility Wrong
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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Culture Human Imagination Logic Personality Role Science Tradition
We’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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Equality Science Simplicity True
The biggest advantage to believing in God is you don’t have to understand anything, no physics, no biology. I wanted to understand.
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Believe Big God Myself Understand
Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.
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Break Excitement Occupation Science Terrible Thinking
[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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Bird Father Man Myself Stop Support Young

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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