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1. "Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting." ~ James D. Watson
2. "We're not all equal, it's simply not true. That isn't science." ~ James D. Watson
3. "I am thrilled to see my genome." ~ James D. Watson
4. "I have been much blessed." ~ James D. Watson
5. "I wanted to see if I could write a good book." ~ James D. Watson
6. "My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers." ~ James D. Watson
7. "Our goal should be to understand our differences." ~ James D. Watson
8. "Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people." ~ James D. Watson
9. "The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn't believe in God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls." ~ James D. Watson
10. "The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast." ~ James D. Watson
11. "You've never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient." ~ James D. Watson
12. "People say we are playing God. My answer is: If we don't play God, who will?" ~ James D. Watson
13. "[When asked by a student if he believes in any gods]Oh, no. Absolutely not... The biggest advantage to believing in God is you don't have to understand anything, no physics, no biology. I wanted to understand." ~ James D. Watson
14. "One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid." ~ James D. Watson
15. "Biology has at least 50 more interesting years." ~ James D. Watson
16. "I have a son, who is a... not an ordinary form of schizophrenia, but clearly, cannot take care of himself. And the great fear of then, of all parents is, when the parents die, who takes care of your child? And the answer is: they become homeless." ~ James D. Watson
17. "Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty." ~ James D. Watson
18. "The ever quickening advances of science made possible by the success of the Human Genome Project will also soon let us see the essences of mental disease. Only after we understand them at the genetic level can we rationally seek out appropriate therapies for such illnesses as schizophrenia and bipolar disease." ~ James D. Watson
19. "A clone of Einstein wouldn't be stupid, but he wouldn't necessarily be any genius, either." ~ James D. Watson
20. "As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all." ~ James D. Watson
21. "Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had grounds for thinking that the powers held traditionally to be the exclusive property of the gods might one day be ours. . . ." ~ James D. Watson
22. "[As a young man ] I came to the conclusion that the church was just a bunch of fascists that supported Franco. I stopped going on Sunday mornings and watched the birds with my father instead." ~ James D. Watson

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