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"My parents didn't really know one another."
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"When my parents separated, I was very grateful."
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"My parents always told me that if you want something, you can do whatever you have to do to get it. As long as it's not against someone else."
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"I haven't actually spoken to my parents since the hurricane."
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"My parents own a restaurant in Albuquerque."
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"My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants."
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"A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone."
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"I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same."
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"When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents."
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"We didn't do wrong things because we didn't want to embarrass our parents."
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"I learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book when the equipment doesn't work or the measurements look strange."
Work
"My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants."
Parents
"Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very large numbers of books."
Books
"Whatever the course, whether the course was boring or interesting to me, whether I was talented in mathematics or not talented in languages, my parents expected A's."
Mathematics
"I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel."
Travel
"A parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called to the police station because their child had robbed a bank."
Being
"Natures' curriculum cannot be changed."
Curriculum
"They wanted me to play more sports because they were acutely sensitive to their children being one hundred percent American, and they believed that all Americans played sports and loved sports."
Sports
"This was good training for research, because large parts of experimental work are sometimes boring or involve the use of skills in which one is not particularly gifted."
Work
"There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library."
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