"To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes gets me into trouble but just as often helps me see things my predecessors have missed."

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Source : Biographical, www.nobelprize.org. 1998.

Robert B. Laughlin

#Reading Quotes #Work Out Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“My brother had a mustache, and when my brother had a mustache, it was cool. When I had a mustache, everyone just assumed I'm an immigrant and I don't speak English, which is fascinating. It was a fascinating thing to discover how I looked versus my brother with a mustache.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“There is at least this to be said for mind, that it can dispel mind.”
“A friend is one who withholds judgment no matter how long you have his unanswered letter.”
“One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.”
“We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.”
“As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then, many library card catalogues didn't even list 'homosexuality' as a topic.”
“Iâ€™ve always essentially been a New Yorker,”
“Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.”

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