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Chance is the only source of true novelty.


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There is no scientific study more vital to man than the study of his own brain. Our entire view of the universe depends on it.

There is no scientific study more vital to man than the study of his own brain. Our entire view of the universe depends on it.



Unfortunately it makes the unambiguous determination of triplets by these methods much more difficult than would be the case if there were only one triplet for each amino acid.

Unfortunately it makes the unambiguous determination of triplets by these methods much more difficult than would be the case if there were only one triplet for each amino acid.



A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement.

A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement.



It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us.

It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us.



Trying to determine the structure of a protein by UV spectroscopy was like trying to determine the structure of a piano by listening to the sound it made while being dropped down a flight of stairs.

Trying to determine the structure of a protein by UV spectroscopy was like trying to determine the structure of a piano by listening to the sound it made while being dropped down a flight of stairs.



It has yet to be shown by direct biochemical methods, as opposed to the indirect genetic evidence mentioned earlier, that the code is indeed a triplet code.

It has yet to be shown by direct biochemical methods, as opposed to the indirect genetic evidence mentioned earlier, that the code is indeed a triplet code.



You can do reverse engineering, but you can’t do reverse hacking.

You can do reverse engineering, but you can’t do reverse hacking.



A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein by mutations of the type discussed here.

A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein by mutations of the type discussed here.



The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it.

The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it.



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.

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.





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Modern political science started in the late nineteenth century as a branch of history.

Modern political science started in the late nineteenth century as a branch of history.



If you don't pay attention and if your imagination isn't pretty much engaged, you're going to miss things and you're going to miss opportunities for it to be as compelling and as creepy as it can be.

If you don't pay attention and if your imagination isn't pretty much engaged, you're going to miss things and you're going to miss opportunities for it to be as compelling and as creepy as it can be.



Prayer is happy company with God.

Prayer is happy company with God.



- This isn't an interrogation or a trail. Your version of the truth is the only thing that matters. -Truth is singular. It's 'versions' are mistruths.

- This isn't an interrogation or a trail. Your version of the truth is the only thing that matters. -Truth is singular. It's 'versions' are mistruths.



Scientific perspective forces the objects in a picture to disappear away from the beholder instead of bringing them within his reach as painting should.

Scientific perspective forces the objects in a picture to disappear away from the beholder instead of bringing them within his reach as painting should.



Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]

Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]



In the mind and nature of a man a secret is an ugly thing, like a hidden physical defect.

In the mind and nature of a man a secret is an ugly thing, like a hidden physical defect.



My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.

My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.



Something in me vibrates to a dusky, dreamy smell of dying moons and shadows.

Something in me vibrates to a dusky, dreamy smell of dying moons and shadows.




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