"I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants."

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"Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia."

F. Murray Abraham, American Actor

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"I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all over the world and we all were equally received here with signs of sympathy."

Albert Szent Gyorgyi, Hungarian Scientist

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"My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel."

Edie Brickell, American Musician

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"I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with being a minister's son. And now I know I'm pretty darn good at playing a woman too."

Barry Watson, American Actor

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"The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got me a guitar when I was eleven, which my son Morgan uses until this day. They paid for 3 years of guitar lessons; they bought me a bass fiddle, which I still play."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

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"I thought it was such a unique concept to play parents who happen to be super heroes and have a son who is going through puberty and starting high school."

Kelly Preston, American Actress

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"My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out to California, and my daughters are both out of town."

Herbie Mann, American Musician

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"You know, he likes me because I'm his son. I have to go long and far to find someone who knows me just as me, rather than me the songwriter or whatever."

Paul Westerberg, American Musician

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"My son walked up to Nicole on the beach and I was throwing the ball for the dogs in the ocean. I was like, 'Max, you get the dogs. I'll talk to the hot blondes.'"

John C. McGinley, American Actor

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"Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon."

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"The mystique associated with the bomb, the role that scientists played in it, and its general importance could not fail to impress even a six-year old."

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"My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."

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"Furthermore, neither of our research groups set out in search of RNA catalysis."

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"By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college."

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"I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to work in a laboratory and wondering if I should continue in physics."

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"We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy."

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