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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.
James D. Watson
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James D. Watson
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: April 6
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(The National Cancer Program is) a bunch of (obscenity).
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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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People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great.
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Knowing why (an idea) is more important than learning what (the fact).
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We're not all equal, it's simply not true. That isn't science.
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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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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 never dreamed that in my lifetime my own genome would be sequenced.
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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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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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A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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If scientists don't play God, who will?
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I am thrilled to see my genome.
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Biology has at least 50 more interesting years.
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If we don't play God, who will?
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The brain, is the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.
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