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"No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association."

"Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it."

"You contribute much to your marriage by the wise, thrifty, diligent management and oversight of your part of the household budget."

"Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but it's common and they don't even notice."

"Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there."

"I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot."

"If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping."
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"Scientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts."


"The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is largely due to the extraordinary diligence of the Nobel committees."


"While at Cal Tech I talked a lot with Jon Mathews, then a junior faculty member; he taught me how to use the Institute's computer; we also went on hikes together."


"Through this additional support, we must renew our commitment to provide talented young people with the opportunity to build scientific careers based on their curiosity, the same opportunity that was provided to me when I began my work."


"The hardest problems of pure and applied science can only be solved by the open collaboration of the world-wide scientific community."


"My grandfather on my mother's side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; my other grandfather was a lawyer, and one time Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives."


"The scientist's inquiry into the causes of things is providing an ever more extensive understanding of nature."


"In 1975 I met Alison Brown and in 1982 we were married. She works for Cornell Computer Services."


"Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research."
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