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My parents made it clear that I should never display even the slightest disrespect to individuals who had the power to let me skip a half grade or move into more challenging classes. While it was all right for me to know more about a topic than my sixth-grade teacher had ever learned, questioning her facts could only lead to trouble.

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The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.

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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.

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DNA was my only gold rush. I regarded DNA as worth a gold rush.

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Here at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, we have genetically rearranged various viruses and bacteria as part of our medical research. In fact, we have been able to create entirely new types of DNA molecules by splicing together the genetic information from different organisms - recombinant DNA.

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You move forward through knowledge. You prevail through knowledge. I love the word 'prevail.' Prevail!

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Genetically modified foods are good.

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Our goal should be to understand our differences.

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Spotting a rare bird is never worth the bite of a cur. Once bitten by a German shepherd, I knew that I preferred cats, even if they are bird-killers. Life is long enough for more than one chance at a rare bird.

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A clone of Einstein wouldn't be stupid, but he wouldn't necessarily be any genius, either.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: April 6th, 1928

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