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I knew I wanted to be a scientist. Which kind of scientist was the question.

I'm not just a scientist.

I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.

I can't ever remember not wanting to be a scientist.

One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.

I was useless at science. I was never going to be an astrophysicist.

I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be.

I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.