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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 D. Watson
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James D. Watson
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: April 6
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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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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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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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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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People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great.
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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 we don't play God, who will?
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I wanted to see if I could write a good book.
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I am thrilled to see my genome.
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The brain, is the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.
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The ever quickening advances of science made possible by the success of the Human Genome Project will also soon let us see the essences of mental disease. Only after we understand them at the genetic level can we rationally seek out appropriate therapies for such illnesses as schizophrenia and bipolar disease.
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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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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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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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One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.
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My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers.
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I have a son, who is a... not an ordinary form of schizophrenia, but clearly, cannot take care of himself. And the great fear of then, of all parents is, when the parents die, who takes care of your child? And the answer is: they become homeless.
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One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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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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