James D. Watson Quotes

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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• The first wave of the Internet was really about data transport. And we didn't worry much about how much power we were consuming, how much cooling requirements were needed in the data centers, how big the data center is in terms of real estate. Those were almost afterthoughts.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
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• But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.

  

  Patrick Geddes
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• I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.

  

  Larry Brown
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• If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
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• It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.

  

  Navjot Singh Sidhu
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• I don't go out. I don't go to clubs. It's not my thing. I sit at home with my glass of wine and watch hours of reality TV. I have a million shows on my TiVo.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
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• The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.

  

  Taylor Hackford
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• Well, it is curious what lasts and what doesn't. Publishing empires and whatnot would pay anything to figure it out. But they can't figure it out.

  

  D. A. Pennebaker
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• When 'Lost' was over, we expected that there'd be some people who'd really like it and other people who wouldn't. The Emmy nominations are an indication to us that there were a fair number of people who did like the way we concluded our story.

  

  Carlton Cuse
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• There seems little doubt in my mind that depression, in particular at the severe end of the experience of this condition, is as real a disorder as diabetes is at the severe end of blood glucose levels.

  

  Vikram Patel
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• I'm not a good dancer, but I try. I don't really have the moves.

  

  Jacob Dalton
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• I'm a happily married man and I think to get married you have to be optimistic.

  

  Patrick Marber
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• All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.

  

  Rand Paul
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• Superior and inferior wage one hundred battles a day.

  

  Han Fei
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• So for me, I had to get something going to promote the new project that I got. I decided to come with the 'Lost Jewelry' EP, which is a mixtape but it's more sexier because it's all fresh music.

  

  Raekwon
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• I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary.

  

  Vanessa Kerry
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• The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.

  

  Adam McKay
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• You're sent scripts, and for some, as soon as you start reading them, you feel an instant connection to the character. You know who they are, you know how to play them, and there is instant enthusiasm. Then, at the audition, you don't have nerves because of that natural affinity.

  

  Ophelia Lovibond
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• I used to be really nervous when I sang. Like, when I was a kid starting young, 18 and 19, and my dad really had to sort of push me to start singing in front of people. Ever since I got out there and really started doing it, the only thing I've ever tried to do is just sort of is be myself, you know, never put on a voice. Sing naturally.

  

  Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
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• I've always tried to be funny, or stupid, or whatever. I love making people laugh and I think it comes quite naturally to me.

  

  Brian Thomas Littrell The Backstreet Boys
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• I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff.

  

  T. J. Miller
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• Funk is the unending cycle of life.

  

  Xenobia Bailey
  • Life
  • Funk
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• I am not an autobiographical writer. I'll take little elements here and there from things that I've actually experienced-counting eyelashes on a sleeping beauty, for example.

  

  Michael Stipe R.E.M.
  • Beauty
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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.

  

  James D. Watson
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