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"The Nobel Prize gives one the opportunity to take public stands."
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"Always you can find what you want, if you search enough times."

"The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."

"God has made the provision for every man on earth to be equally endowed with the currency time."

"The window of opportunity is always open, just you have to find it."

"Opportunities that always fail need change, else they will continue to keep failing till the future have its end."

"Don't only think of which job to get and live on. Think about which problem to solve and the jobs will keep suggesting themselves."

"When you are ready, every door will open automatically for you."

"Losing your job gives you access to time."

"Each new day offers the chance to start afresh, to achieve those things you most desires."
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"The field of quantum valence fluctuations was another older interest which became much more active during this period, partly as a consequence of my own efforts."

"The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe."

"An important impression was my father's one Sabbatical year, spent in England and Europe in 1937."

"I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture, art, and architecture, and learned of the existence of the game of GO, which I still play."

"Although raised on the farm - my grandfather was an unsuccessful fundamentalist preacher turned farmer - my father and his brother both became professors."

"My own work in spin glass and its consequences has formed some of the intellectual basis for these interests."

"The first months at Harvard were more than challenging, as I came to the realization that the humanities could be genuinely interesting, and, in fact, given the weaknesses of my background, very difficult."
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