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"One half who graduate from college never read another book."

"The role of a liberal arts college within a university is to be a genuine part of that university, giving and responding to the other parts."

"I went to college in Mississippi; I'm from Louisiana."

"The economic piece is still missing, since it's so hard to attract industry to reservations, but spiritually and educationally, they're doing just fine. Each tribe has a community college now, and they teach the language, they teach the traditions."

"You know, I come from six generations of college graduates."

"At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter."

"For me, college wasn't a breeze. I had 8 o'clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On weekends, if Northwestern Bell needed me, I'd troubleshoot for them, and I had a steady girl. God!"
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"The war project at Stanford was essentially completed, and I accepted an offer of an Assistant Professorship at the University of Minnesota, which had a good biochemistry department."

"If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer."

"The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds."

"The geographical isolation and lack of television made world happenings and problems seem remote."

"It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams."

"Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving the primitive roads and cars of that day, were real adventures."

"The Brigham Young University (BYU) campus was just a few blocks from my home and tuition was minimal."
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