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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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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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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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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Anything I sing is supposed to be genuine. It's not supposed to be make-believe or I'm making something for the crowd to jump or to hold up their hands.
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Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
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I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.
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Conscious breath control is a useful tool for achieving a relaxed, clear state of mind.
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I cannot imagine any objective finding that CO
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I really wasn't into comic books growing up.
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Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens.
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I never went to business school. I was just bumbling through a lot of my life. I was like the guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.
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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.
