"Perhaps the earliest memories I have are of being a stubborn, determined child. Through the years my mother has told me that it was fortunate that I chose to do acceptable things, for if I had chosen otherwise no one could have deflected me from my path. ... The Chairman of the Physics Department, looking at this record, could only say 'That A- confirms that women do not do well at laboratory work'. But I was no longer a stubborn, determined child, but rather a stubborn, determined graduate student. The hard work and subtle discrimination were of no moment."

-- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Memories Quotes

“The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.”
“When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in.”
“We have to achieve what we can, and if we haven't yet learned that we are not always going to get our way this could be frustrating.”

Source : "Freshman Rep. Anne Northup Wins GOP Attention with Flair" by Susan Crabtree, www.questia.com.
“To be conscious of gratitude is to acknowledge a gift.”
“God made the Illusion look Real and the Real an Illusion !”
“There are common denominators that unite all members of al-Nahda: There is no one in al-Nahda who doubts about Islam There is no one in al-Nahda that believes in extremist views of Islam.”

Source : "Rached Ghannouchi: the FP interview". Interview with Marc Lynch, foreignpolicy.com. December 5, 2011.
“I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.”
“5 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve.”

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