James D. Watson Quotes
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There are a million great books out there if you just go to Google. There's a lot to pull apart. A lot of crazy, unbelievable stuff that's all completely true. I get into little obsessions, and I read everything I can find on one thing, and then I move onto another.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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My health is fine.
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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You can keep going on and on about the interactions of people, which makes it a great drama and great event, and you'll always hold that special, but if you're looking at a baseball moment, the feeling you get when you win the World Series by far exceeds anything else in the game that you're able to do.
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I actually wanted to first direct and produce, but then I got this very cool opportunity to be in front of the camera once.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
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Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.
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Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it.
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Alanis Morissette - I love how she's not afraid to say what she wants to say. Love it or hate it, she's going to say it. And her vocals are crazy; they're amazing, and I also love how her music is really organic.
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I'm cold in summer. I'm the coldest person ever! It's very ironic I'm never cold in the scripts. Every time I'm shooting, if you don't see a part of me, there are hot water bottles there.
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When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.
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I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all.
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The reality about transportation is that it's future-oriented. If we're planning for what we have, we're behind the curve.
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Any time you get to work with creative people - animators, actors, directors and producers, all of this - it helps to refine what tools you'll need moving forward.
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I think it's very comforting for people to put me in a box. 'Oh, she's a fluffy girlie girl who likes clothes and cupcakes. Oh, but wait, she is spending her weekends doing hardware electronics.'
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My father was a miner and he worked down a mine.
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It's so difficult writing about living people.
