James D. Watson Quotes
My whole life has been basically trying to find intelligent students or, you know, highly motivated students and giving them an opportunity to do good science.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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I am confident that, as elected officials, we can work together with religious, business and civic leaders, as well as the LGBT community, to develop policies that treat all people with dignity and respect.
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Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
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Nearly all edible seaweeds - or 'sea vegetables,' as they ought technically to be called - belong to one of three broad groups: green, red and brown algae.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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Great amount of scientific research is there to show that health is better because transcendental meditation deals with consciousness, and consciousness is the basic value of all the physical expressions. The entire creation is the expression of consciousness.
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Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
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It's not that I'm opposed to doing a big-budget action movie. But it has to be the right project.
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I'm a little bit like a turducken: I'm sort of like an Indian person, wrapped in a British person, wrapped in an American kind of thing.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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Everyone looks adorable singing with James Corden.
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I began the process of recording myself seriously in the fall of 1999. If I could finish an album of my own music, I would. Five years later I am happy to say I have.
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Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing.
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People trash talk me.
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Shaming people into being virtuous doesn't change behaviour.
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The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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Thank you for the opportunity for the Democratic Party and progressives to reclaim the votes of the sane citizens of these United States.
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The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to.
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I've said no to shows that have been on the air for six years because they weren't what I wanted to do.
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Everybody's doing it. When I'm performing and I do the Dougie, the fans lose their minds.
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I'm not searching for the meaning of life, but I'm looking for a meaning within my life.
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My whole life has been basically trying to find intelligent students or, you know, highly motivated students and giving them an opportunity to do good science.
