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I never dreamed that in my lifetime my own genome would be sequenced.

James Watson

I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.
JAMES WATSON

Complication Deal Reason Science Thinking
As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.
JAMES WATSON

Dreams Education Ourselves Strive
Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
JAMES WATSON

Improvement People Thinking Wrong
We’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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Equality Science Simplicity True
Biology has at least 50 more interesting years.
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Age Biology Interest Time
You’ve never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.
JAMES WATSON

Love Patience Yourself
Knowing “why” (an idea) is more important than learning “what” (the fact).
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Ideas Important Knowledge Learning
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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Achievement Break Destroy Scream
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
I turned against the left wing because they don’t like genetics, because genetics implies that sometimes in life we fail because we have bad genes. They want all failure in life to be due to the evil system.
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Biology Evil Failure Life Myself Science System Wings
A clone of Einstein wouldn’t be stupid, but he wouldn’t necessarily be any genius, either.
JAMES WATSON

Genius Necessary Stupidity
The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.
JAMES WATSON

Believe Discover Fast Speed
Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.
JAMES WATSON

Collaboration Team Work
A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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Goodness Mindset Stupidity
If scientists don’t play God, who will?
JAMES WATSON

God One Liner Play Science
Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.
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Age Fundamental Stop Talk Time Value

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