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George E. Brown, Jr.

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From my earliest days, I was fascinated by science.

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George E. Brown, Jr.

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Also by my earliest days, I was fascinated by a utopian vision of what the world could be like. I've thought that science could be the basis for a better world, and that's what I've been trying to do all these years.

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J. Carter Brown

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We're a spoiled nation of whiners and complainers-meism types. World War II should be our paradigm.

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J. Carter Brown

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There's no point breaking a lot of crockery unnecessarily.

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J. Carter Brown

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There are more ways of skinning a cat than rubbing its fur the wrong way.

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J. Carter Brown

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The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.

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J. Carter Brown

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One thing I really fear is living too long and becoming one of these vegetables and a burden to everybody and to yourself. And so I've had such a rich life, such fabulous opportunities, that I feel, "Okay, take it as it comes."

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J. Carter Brown

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No one will understand a Japanese garden until you've walked through one, and you hear the crunch underfoot, and you smell it, and you experience it over time. Now there's no photograph or any movie that can give you that experience.

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J. Carter Brown

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I was hopeless. I was very unathletic, and when I was in school I was two years younger than everybody in my class, so I got beaten up all the time, and I got laughed at for being interested in studying and doing stupid things like that.

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J. Carter Brown

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I think everybody has a bent, and the key is to follow that bent. So much human wastage comes from people who are doing things with their lives that they really aren't happy with.

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