James D. Watson Quotes
The time has come to seriously ask whether antioxidant use much more likely causes than prevents cancer.
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Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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I have said many times that most people work all their life to retire to play golf, while I played golf all my life to retire to work. I enjoy working. It has kept me young and on the move, and I have had a good time with it.
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If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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I'm extremely well recognized in Korea just because of what I do on the ice, and there is a lack of that in Canada because hockey is our sport and it will be for eternity.
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I just keep working out. You can't stop. Everyone thinks there's a trick, but there's no trick! The trick is, you have to be consistent.
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During the ten years I lived in the U.K., I frequently attended an Anglican church just outside of London. I enjoyed the energetic singing and the thoughtful homilies. And yet, I found it easy to be a pew warmer, a consumer, a back row critic.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.
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Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about.
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One of the secrets of a successful life is to be able to hold all of our energies upon one point, to focus all of the scattered rays of the mind upon one place or thing.
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Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.
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I'm a very private person, so I didn't like this idea of tweeting about me. And then I realized, 'Oh, this is actually a brilliant device in terms of interacting with the fans'. It's a lovely way to just get back, to thank the fans for watching the show. And to live tweet is kind of like getting the rewards of doing live theatre.
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I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard.
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Kant taught us that we should follow just those rules of conduct that we would want everybody to follow. Few find this generalization of The Golden Rule a great help.
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In many cities, it's become popular to hate 'gentrifiers,' rich people who move in and drive up housing prices - pushing everyone else out.
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There are so many ready to write (poor fools!) for the honor and glory of the thing, and there are so many ready to take advantage of this fact, and withhold from needy talent the moral right to a deserved remuneration.
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The time has come to seriously ask whether antioxidant use much more likely causes than prevents cancer.
