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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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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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(The National Cancer Program is) a bunch of (obscenity).
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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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We're not all equal, it's simply not true. That isn't science.
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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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I never dreamed that in my lifetime my own genome would be sequenced.
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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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No one may have the guts to say this, but if we could make better human beings by knowing how to add genes, why shouldn't we?
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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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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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I wanted to see if I could write a good book.
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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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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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People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great.
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I wish there would be more movies about scientists.
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I am thrilled to see my genome.
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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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Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.
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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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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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