DNA was my only gold rush. I regarded DNA as worth a gold rush.
JAMES WATSONA goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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We’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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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 an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.
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The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.
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Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.
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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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Knowing “why” (an idea) is more important than learning “what” (the fact).
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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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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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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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People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great.
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You’ve never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.
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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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Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles.
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