James D. Watson Quotes
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Poland is much more advanced than Romania in structural reforms.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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I'm a huge fan of Eighties music.
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My father also encouraged my love of nature. He urged me to become a Cub Scout, and later a Boy Scout, and I found I really liked being outdoors.
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Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.
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My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.
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I do think from time to time that conceptual questions arise: What do we mean by equilibrium? What do we mean by this concept and that concept?
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The sense of being a separate, egoic self begins with the astral, not with the physical, body. The soul is individualized spirit.
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If you want a president to stop amnesty, to secure the borders and keep us safe, then support a candidate who has led the fight to stop amnesty to secure the borders and to keep us safe.
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Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.
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I remember once giving my dad some drawings and writings and said, 'If you could just give these to the publisher, that would be great.' And I was about five!
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I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.
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There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannises over the body. There is the despot who tyrannises over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannises over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People.
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When you call me that, smile!
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Man's achievements rest upon the use of symbols.... we must consider ourselves as a symbolic, semantic class of life, and those who rule the symbols, rule us.
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Moscow... how many strains are fusingin that one sound, for Russian hearts!what store of riches it imparts!
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I am a believer and a conformist. Anyone can revolt; it is much more difficult to obey our inner promptings.
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I moved out eventually of the White House and moved into a townhouse with a group of girls while I was in college.
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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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Surround yourself with people that are going to support you on your journey, and get rid of the ones that don't.
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Our goal should be to understand our differences.
