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The biggest advantage to believing in God is you don't have to understand anything, no physics, no biology. I wanted to understand.
James D. Watson
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James D. Watson
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: April 6
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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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We're not all equal, it's simply not true. That isn't science.
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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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