James D. Watson Quotes

I had become monomaniacal about DNA only in 1951 when I had just turned 23 and as a postdoctoral fellow was temporarily in Naples attending a small May meeting on biologically important macromolecules.

James D. Watson

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SmallMeetingImportantDNABecome

When the private does well, there's revenue for the public sector.

Jim Talent

RevenueWellPublicDoesPrivate

When I'm nervous, I can't eat or sleep.

Andreja Pejic

SleepNervousEat

I still think I'm not as good as anybody else.

Andy Williams

GoodThinkStillAnybodyElse

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

Jean-Paul Sartre

SomeoneLiteratureWorthTrouble

I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now.

Amy Chua

LifeWorkLoveSuccessGreatChild

As we grow up, it feels like you should either invite people into your life or not. There should be fewer and fewer instances of friends you 'can only take in small doses.'

Sloane Crosley

LifePeopleSmallGrowFriendsYou

As athletes, we're always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don't think about it.

Simone Biles

ThinkYouTeammatesAlwaysGoing

Acting requires a lot of discipline to go with the obsession. It's a path of knowledge, and of self-knowledge. Sometimes you get lost on the path. And then you find yourself again.

Toni Servillo

KnowledgePathDisciplineYourself

If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.

Robert Fulghum

New Year'sInterestingYouPartyBox

I realised to keep improving, I needed to play more. It wasn't easy not getting many chances, but I knew I just had to keep working hard in training and take the opportunities when they came.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

TrainingOpportunitiesEasyPlay

The scanning of barcodes, or the reading of RFID transponders, generates data that is used in a software package to provide management or control information.

Mike Marsh

ControlManagementReadingDataUsed

I briefly did therapy, but after a while, I realised it is just like a farmer complaining about the weather. You can't fix the weather - you just have to get on with it.

Douglas Adams

WeatherFarmerYouComplainingFix

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