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"I thus decided to leave the university forever and tried to find an industrial job in the United States."
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"I define genuine full employment as a situation where there are at least as many job openings as there are persons seeking employment, probably calling for a rate of unemployment, as currently measured, of between 1 and 2 percent."

"I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club."

"An excellent job with a dubious undertaking, which is like saying it would be great if it wasn't awful."
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"I thus decided to leave the university forever and tried to find an industrial job in the United States."

"However, I survived and started to read all chemistry books that I could get a hand on, first some 19th century books from our home library that did not provide much reliable information, and then I emptied the rather extensive city library."

"I recognized that teaching and research institutions vitally depend on the involvement of active scientists also in management functions."

"I am not surprised that they show no intention to follow in my footsteps, although if I had a second chance myself, I would certainly try to repeat my present career."

"My father, Robert Ernst, was teaching as an architect at the technical high school of our city."

"I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions with them, some leading to explosions, others to unbearable poisoning of the air in our house, frightening my parents."

"Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich."

"I wanted to understand the secrets behind my chemical experiments and behind the processes in nature."

"Experiments were not attempted at that time, we did not believe in the usefulness of the concept anyway, and I finished my thesis in 1962 with a feeling like an artist balancing on a high rope without any interested spectators."
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