James D. Watson Quotes

Great wealth could make an enormous difference over the next decade if they sensibly support the scientific elite. Just the elite. Because the elite makes most of the progress. You should worry about people who produce really novel inventions, not pedantic hacks.

James D. Watson

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That was sort of the 'Second City' approach, which was try to be intelligent and assume your audience is intelligent. We were influenced by 'Monty Python,' too, which would have philosophers in a wrestling match.

Joe Flaherty

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The one thing I have always felt about musical theatre is that it is, to an extraordinary degree, about construction.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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We misjudge risk if we feel we have some control over it, even if it's an illusory sense of control.

Robert Kiyosaki

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Three-quarters of directors waste four hours on a shot that requires five minutes of actual directing. I prefer to have five minutes' work for the crew - and keep the three hours to myself for thought.

Jean-Luc Godard

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You can only really write about what you know about.

John Singleton

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Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections.

Sonny Perdue

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I was so lucky because what I did in 'Thor' was I built the character from the ground up - the foundations of his spirit, really. He was someone who was born with an expectation that he would one day be a king, born with an entitlement.

Tom Hiddleston

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Everybody's one fight away from getting a title shot if they step in on short notice for somebody.

Rose Namajunas

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The First Amendment to the Constitution reflects that concept recognized in the Ten Commandments, that the duties we owe to God and the manner of discharging those duties are outside the purview of government.

Roy Moore

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The autonomous car is definitely coming, and when that stage comes, this ride-share business becomes even more important.

Masayoshi Son

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I'm of the opinion that life doesn't always tie up neatly at the end of the episode.

Joshua Jackson

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There's no way that scientists can ever rule out religion, or even have anything significant to say about the abstract idea of a divine creator.

Brian Greene

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