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"The mystique associated with the bomb, the role that scientists played in it, and its general importance could not fail to impress even a six-year old."
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"If one man gets excessive maan (importance from others) higher than a certain point, he will get tired of it, and if he gets excessive insults higher than a certain point, he gets agitated."

"Though you are as a drop in the ocean, without you, the universe would be empty."

"It's the level that allows us each to live our own chosen lives. But I notice not everyone agrees with the primary importance of that level, and I try to account for how they don't."

"Malcolm was a firm believer in the value and importance of our heritage. He believed that we have valuable and distinct cultural traditions which need to be institutionalized so that they can be passed on to our heirs."

"I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child."

"Time is one of the most important components of life."

"You already have the most important tool which is work."

"The mathematician, carried along on his flood of symbols, dealing apparently with purely formal truths, may still reach results of endless importance for our description of the physical universe."

"As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda."
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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."


"The mystique associated with the bomb, the role that scientists played in it, and its general importance could not fail to impress even a six-year old."


"I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to work in a laboratory and wondering if I should continue in physics."


"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."


"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."


"About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of scientific theory and its predictive power."


"We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy."


"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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