James D. Watson Quotes
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things that people go through in life.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible.
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I believe in forgiveness.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah.
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
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To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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The ingestion of brain-altering chemicals - legal or illegal - cannot be categorized as good stewardship of our earthly lives.
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You need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous rulebook, you have to learn it first. It's kind of like religion - once you've written the Bible, that's it, move on.
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I'm such a lover of music that it would be very hard for me to pinpoint it to a particular artist.
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There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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Everybody trusted Cronkite because he reminded them of their favorite uncle or trusted family physician. Being square in the age of the Beatles made Cronkite retro cool.
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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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Genetically modified foods are good.
