James D. Watson Quotes
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 feel very, very blessed.
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If you're not going to wear a tiara when you win a Newbery Award, when are you going to wear one?
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I don't let things go unless I'm ready for them to go.
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I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.
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Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.
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I do not belong to any religion. Everything is between God and myself.
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I love seeing lingerie on the runway, but I personally think it's best to save it for the bedroom!
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I'm the president of the United States. I'm not the emperor of the United States.
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It is often said of me - some intend it as a compliment, others as a complaint - that I write about a single subject: the Holocaust. I have no quarrel with that. Why shouldn't I accept, with certain qualifications, the place assigned to me on the shelves of libraries?
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Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.
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Oracle has grown and advanced because we've been consistently willing to cannibalize ourselves.
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When you have children, that's your main focus.
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I'm a big believer in debate and difference of opinion.
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Mr. Mets is representative not only of the general public, but also of many scientific workers, publicists, and writers. Like most people, he takes words as much for granted as the air he breathes, gives them about as much thought.
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The question tonight, as I understand it, is 'The Negro Revolt, and Where Do We Go From Here?' or What Next?' In my little humble way of understanding it, it points toward either the ballot or the bullet.
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It's midnight Cinderella time that you should know,There's gonna be some changes in the way this story goes.It's midnight Cinderella but don't you worry none,'Cause I'm Peter Peter the Pumpkin EaterAnd the party's just begun.
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There are plenty of people who won’t tune in because a woman’s voice bothers their eardrums. Their ear canals can’t handle the sound of my shrill voice talking at them about a subject. I guess I just don’t really care about those people.
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Every rebellion implies some kind of unity.
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Morals are a luxury of the rich.
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In certain ways, we, many of us, stopped paying attention to the world. I have to think we would have moved on the whole climate issue in a different way if we'd been paying better attention.
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We were so poor when I was a kid that I had a sister who was stamped, 'Made In Japan.'
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Drama began as the act of a whole community. Ideally, there would be no speculators. In practice, every member of the audience should feel like an understudy.
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Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so called scientific knowledge.
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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.
