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"It was my study of the two Corinthian letters that first caused me to concentrate my attention more directly on the relation of the apostle Paul to the older apostles."

"The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on."

"The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too little originality."

"If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance."

"The person whose attention is in the 'pure Soul' is known as a renowned person. No one in the past had been celebrated as a famous person, they were called renowned persons. To be famous is the result of an 'above normal' state."

"Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine."

"You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person."

"I believe we are going to move into a situation where the more effective conferences will be smaller, more specialized, more focused, with occasional large gatherings to get the attention of the larger world."

"Very often the law of extremity demands an attention to irrelevance."
Explore more quotes by Rudolph A. Marcus


"During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry."


"Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played little or no role, I believe, in this decision to explore theory!"


"About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close - there was too much to do on the theoretical aspects - and I began the process of winding down the experiments."


"After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began."


"My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a particular problem."


"Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience."


"My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home chemistry set."


"My education at Baron Byng High School was excellent, with dedicated masters (boys and girls were separate)."
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