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"My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University."
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"A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for."
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"My mother taught me to read."
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"The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart."
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"Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow."
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"I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher."
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"My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust."
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"I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late."
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"The longest tenured First LOVE and Greatest TEACHER, in-fact life long, is none the other, but Mother."
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"Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress."
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"I am no mother, and I won't be one."
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"I was much involved in the development of the spark chamber as a practical research tool."
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"I did a thesis in experimental nuclear physics under the direction of Samuel K. Allison."
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"The Director of the Laboratory, George Reynolds, was most supportive of my efforts to work independently. There followed for ten years a glorious time for research."
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"Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer."
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"On even the worst days, when nothing was working at the lab, I knew that at home I would find warmth, peace, companionship, and encouragement. As a consequence, the next day would surely be better."
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"My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University."
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"One of the greatest joys in my life was giving a lecture in French at the College de France."
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"My real education began when I entered the University of Chicago in September 1951 as a graduate student."
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"My primary and secondary education was provided by the Highland Park Public School System."
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"During this period, with a series of excellent students, we further studied hyperon decays."
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