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James Watson, Discoverer of the DNA Molecule

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James Watson

Discoverer of the DNA Molecule

I like people describing things as they are, rather than as the way people want them to be. There's a lot of evil in this world, and you've got to be aware of it. You shouldn't just have illusions. It's not only other people that are evil; there's evil in your friends, in yourself, and you've got to put it in perspective. So, I expect the worse, and then I go under that assumption.
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Andrew Weil, Integrative Medicine

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Andrew Weil

Integrative Medicine

Andrew Weil: I have my own ways of learning. And I never liked libraries, and I would like to get out of them quickly. So I developed very good skills at being able to go in and find exactly the information that I want and get out. And I feel very much that the way that I learned best, and I think the way that's most efficient to teach, is to teach the underlying structure of a field and let students look up the details and specifics as they need them. And that's not done in medicine today. There is a teaching of just a huge amount of detail.
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Andrew Weil, Integrative Medicine

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Andrew Weil

Integrative Medicine

Andrew Weil: The first step that I take in assessing a patient is whether there is something there that demands immediate conventional intervention. You know, I think the greatest sin that you could make in this field is to miss the diagnosis of a condition for which conventional medicine works very well. So that's the first thing, is to rule that out. If that's not present, then you have a lot of latitude in experimenting with other methods. But even if you use the conventional methods, I think there are -- it is often worth supporting the body in ways that can reduce the toxicity of those methods or increase their efficacy.
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Sanford Weill, Financier and Philanthropist

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Sanford Weill

Financier and Philanthropist

Sanford Weill: The teacher I think that really helped me the most was a teacher by the name of Clare Franz, who was a Latin teacher at Peekskill Military Academy where I went to high school, and was also the tennis coach. And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City. And he sort of helped me through a lot of things in life, what I got in the classroom from how to learn how to think in Latin and be deliberate, to competing, and trying to be a gentleman and do it the right way on the tennis court.
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Sanford Weill, Financier and Philanthropist

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Sanford Weill

Financier and Philanthropist

All of a sudden, I went from not doing well in school, to beginning to do better and I stayed there for four years. I think that the experience in the military school -- where at the beginning you learn how to take the punishment before you dish it out -- teaches you a lot about how to get along with people and put yourself in the other person's position. It was a tremendous four years for me.
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