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"My mother used to wheel me about the campus when we lived in that neighborhood and, as she recounted years later, she would tell me that I would go to McGill."
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"People who lost their mother should be careful about committing crime, because probably no one else is praying to save you."
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"My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist."
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"The doctor's name was Sylvia. I told her she'd have a problem with me because Sylvia was my mother's name."
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"A mother is the most important blessing of your life."
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"There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do."
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"I loved my mother, she's a good girl."
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"Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children."
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"I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me."
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"Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."
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"Mothers don't want to pinch me or put me in their purse."
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"After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began."
Life
"About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close - there was too much to do on the theoretical aspects - and I began the process of winding down the experiments."
Research
"During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry."
Students
"My mother used to wheel me about the campus when we lived in that neighborhood and, as she recounted years later, she would tell me that I would go to McGill."
Mother
"After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention a problem in polyelectrolytes."
Attention
"My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a particular problem."
Life
"Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience."
Experience
"Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents."
Growing up
"My education at Baron Byng High School was excellent, with dedicated masters (boys and girls were separate)."
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"I have always loved going to school."
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