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I wanted to see if I could write a good book.
James D. Watson
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James D. Watson
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: April 6
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I 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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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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A clone of Einstein wouldn't be stupid, but he wouldn't necessarily be any genius, either.
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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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Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans favour research using embryonic stem cells and yet politicians continue to pander to the outspoken religious minority that is hampering efforts to develop this potentially valuable technology.
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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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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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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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I am thrilled to see my genome.
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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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Moving forward will not be for the faint of heart. But if the next century witnesses failure, let it be because our science is not yet up to the job, not because we don't have the courage to make less random the sometimes most unfair courses of human evolution.
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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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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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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
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If we don't play God, who will?
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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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Biology has at least 50 more interesting years.
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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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