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"During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry."
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"For one thing, I teach my students what my teacher for twenty years, Paul Gavert, told me, 'The voice follows... the voice follows everything about you... who you are.'"
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"I feel that I learned far more from my students than I could possibly have taught them."
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"Today's tax cuts provide yet another illustration of the Republicans' fiscally irresponsible economic policies that ignore the needs of America's middle class, students, and working families."
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"I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is."
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"I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else."
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"I feel I learned as much from fellow students as from the professors."
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"A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising."
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"During this period, with a series of excellent students, we further studied hyperon decays."
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"America has a strategic interest in continuing to welcome international students at our colleges, universities, and high schools. Attracting the world's top scientific scholars helps to keep our economy competitive."
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"Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white."
Life

"I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial."
Chance

"When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea."
Thought

"We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism."
Racism

"New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere."
Cultural

"The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath."
Social Class

"The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant."
Legal

"We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable."
Now

"I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life."
Life

"I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has."
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