"I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground."

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"Ability without honor is useless."

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"I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation."

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"If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored."

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"What I do I do very well and what I don't do well I don't do at all."

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"The size of a fish does not determine its speed."

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"What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress."

Society

"Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us."

Science

"Of course, there are diseases of which people die."

People

"Aside from all that, we recall that antibodies to malaria and other diseases prevalent in Africa show up as HIV-positive on tests."

Test

"To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain technical matters."

Competence

"Originally, in the early eighties, the drug hypothesis was among the first which occurred to scientists."

First

"I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior."

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"If Baltimore's view, that scientists who do not take the words of authorities are far removed from the ordinary behavior of scientists, prevails in the scientific community, then something fundamental, very serious, and very disturbing is happening to the scientific community."

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"Roughly speaking, this hypothesis asks whether drug use causes some of the diseases officially associated with AIDS, such as immunodeficiency and Kaposi's sarcoma."

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"They cannot count on the press and they cannot count on Congressional committees to bring the problems of the scientific community to their own attention, or to police the scientific community."

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