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"It now seems very likely that many of the 64 triplets, possibly most of them, may code one amino acid or another, and that in general several distinct triplets may code one amino acid."

"By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox."

"Now I say I'm a diarist with an explanation I'll get back to you on. Someday I may try and write in memoir form."

"The Capitol was an occasion where you arrive at a sign in the road that says you have arrived at a place you may not have expected to be, but you know how you got here: Next!"

"Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree."
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"The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler."

"Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets."

"I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous."

"A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective."

"My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win."

"No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect."
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