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"As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way."
Life
"I also found out that I liked biochemical research and that I could do it."
Research
"Small science, which includes most research in the life sciences all over the world, is science directed usually by an individual senior scientist and a small team of junior associates, perhaps three, ten, fifteen, something in that order."
Life
"My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World."
Opportunity
"First of all, many human diseases are influenced by, if not caused by mutations in genes."
First
"And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance."
Medical
"People are not the only interesting organism on earth. From the point of view of scientific or commercial value, there are lots of interesting organisms."
People
"My education began in the public schools of Wilmington. During most of these years, from about age 10, I also worked at some job or other after school, on weekends, and in the summer months."
Age
"The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still."
Strength
"So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choice. The faculty was scholarly and dedicated and accessible to students."
Medical
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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."
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"Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine."
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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."
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"Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new."
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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."
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"We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like."
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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."
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