James D. Watson Quotes

If we could honestly promise young couples that we knew how to give them offspring with superior character, why should we assume they would decline? Common sense tells us that if scientists find ways to greatly improve human capabilities, there will no stopping the public from happily seizing them.

James D. Watson

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I wanted to get my coaching badges after retiring, and I asked to take the exam, but they told me I needed to study for four years. I told them they were crazy. Who is going to study for four years? How is someone going to teach me technical things when I know more than they do?

Johan Cruyff

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Mom would talk about Eric Sevareid and Murrow and Howard K. Smith the way other parents talk about sports figures.

John Dickerson

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It's rather amusing at my advanced age to become a sex symbol.

John Forsythe

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Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog in The Machine that governs us.

John Jay Chapman

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The problem with the stigma around mental health is really about the stories that we tell ourselves as a society. What is normal? That's just a story that we tell ourselves.

Matthew Quick

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As a kid, Terry Bradshaw didn't amaze me. My hero was Steelers backup Terry Hanratty, who nabbed two Super Bowl rings while completing three passes.

Stephen Rodrick

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Good barbecue has to fall off the bone when you grab it, and, to me, it's not pull-hard chewy.

Sinbad

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I look like Forrest Gump.

Trixie Mattel

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As a kid, I went by Tray. In college, they called me Hitch. And Trash. And Park. All the usuals.

Traylor Howard

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I'm not intelligent enough to be a doctor, and kind of hands down you can't argue with the worth of that. But I don't really have an opinion about the worth of making art.

Rupert Friend

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I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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When I first started out acting, I didn't have anything to lose. I had another career. If I fell on my face, I could say, 'I'll see ya,' and go back to working.

Dennis Farina

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