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If someone's liver doesn't work, we blame it on the genes; if someone's brain doesn't work properly, we blame the school. It's actually more humane to think of the condition as genetic. For instance, you don't want to say that someone is born unpleasant, but sometimes that might be true.
— James D. Watson
Tags: brain, school, you, work

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I've had strong opinions probably since I was born. It makes you unpopular, but what can you do?
— James D. Watson
Tags: i-was-born, born, strong, you
I never could read science fiction. I was just uninterested in it. And you know, I don't like to read novels where the hero just goes beyond what I think could exist. And it doesn't interest me because I'm not learning anything about something I'll actually have to deal with.
— James D. Watson
Tags: you, me, learning, science
It's necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.
— James D. Watson
Tags: significant, necessary, something, you
The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.
— James D. Watson
Tags: pace, going, discovery, fast
My wife and I have a schizophrenic son. We didn't want to accept this for 30 years, so we put him under great pressure when we shouldn't have. He just wanted to be looked after, and we didn't respect that. We tried to make him independent.
— James D. Watson
Tags: son, wife, respect, great
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