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Robert Winston
Robert Winston
British Scientist
Born: Jul 15, 1940
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Related authors: Alfred Russel Wallace Arthur Eddington Derek Harold Richard Barton Gregory Bateson Humphry Davy John Sulston Mary Leakey Thomas Browne
I don't like seeing myself on television and I don't enjoy filming. What I actually enjoy is thinking about how I am going to express something or how we are going to make the visual metaphor. Robert Winston
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I was born with my moustache and, no, I've never been tempted to shave it off. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about my face and, like Gilbert and Sullivan's Katisha, my best feature is my left shoulder-blade. Robert Winston
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It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress. Robert Winston
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Following 25 children for the TV series 'Child of Our Time' has been extraordinary. The BBC's original plan was to commemorate the new millennium. What better way than to film a number of expectant mums from across the U.K.? Coming from widely different backgrounds, all were due to give birth on January 1, 2000. Robert Winston
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I don't know whether it is important to study science at a young age, though current thinking emphasises the need. Robert Winston
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I did not study science at school until I was 13, when I was totally turned on by a seemingly dreary old teacher who suddenly, unannounced, manufactured a huge explosion in the middle of a totally boring monologue. From then on, all of his class wanted to make explosions. Robert Winston
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The trouble with climate change is it's an extraordinarily diverse and complex issue, but for example if the BBC would let me make some of the programmes I'd like to make on climate change, I bet you there would be a change of emphasis. Robert Winston
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When I grew up, we didn't have a TV, and I think more families today have ambitions of getting out of their environment, such as sending their children to university. Robert Winston
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I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked. Robert Winston
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You can't be judgmental about babies. They are all have different needs. I was left with an enduring hatred of cheese because it was forced down me when I was young. Robert Winston
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Having a child is arguably the most important thing you do in life. Robert Winston
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People think I appear on television to promote my image. That's not fair. I hate filming. I turned down 'Strictly Come Dancing.' But television is a wonderful opportunity to promote scientific ideas. 'Super Doctors' is a very thoughtful piece. Robert Winston
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My own field, the prevention of genetic disorders in babies, has been possible only because of humane work on animals. Robert Winston
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It is time my colleagues got real. All British universities doing worthwhile research use animals, and, instead of hiding, they should be boasting of their achievements. Robert Winston
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We can't any longer have the conventional understanding of genetics which everybody peddles because it is increasingly obvious that epigenetics - actually things which influence the genome's function - are much more important than we realised. Robert Winston
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One of the most important aspects of what makes us who we are is neither straight genes or straight environment but actually what happens to us during development. Robert Winston
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I think scientific arrogance really does give a great degree of distrust. I think people begin to think that scientists like to believe that they can run the universe. Robert Winston
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Over the past 20 years, I have presented many science programmes on BBC1. But none is, I think, more socially important, or of more human interest, than this ongoing series of 'Child of Our Time.' Robert Winston
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I went to school with butterflies of fear every day for years - from primary school onwards - not just worried about being bullied by classmates, but by teachers. Robert Winston
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Childhood is not dead. Children were worse off when we were hunter-gatherers; they were threatened in medieval times and exploited during the Industrial Revolution. Was it any better in the time of Charles Kingsley or Charles Dickens? Robert Winston
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