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Sidney Altman

"It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments."

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"It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments."

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"Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them out of the hands of children. It certainly is not going to stop the drug problem, we have to work very, very hard."

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"I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants."
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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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"We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy."
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"For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity."
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"The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth."
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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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"Indeed, we are privileged to have been afforded the opportunity to study Nature and to follow our own thoughts and inspirations in a time of relative tranquillity and in a land with a generous and forward-looking government."
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"We are united in the hope that every individual will someday enjoy at least the intellectual privileges we have had, if not always the material advantages."
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