"I did not come from an academic background. My father was a smart man, but he had a fifth-grade education. He and all his friends were plumbers. They were all born around 1905 in great poverty in New York City and had to go to work when they were 12 or 13 years old."

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Source : "Can Physics Experiments Catch Up?". Interview with Anil Ananthaswamy, www.slate.com. March 2, 2013.

Leonard Susskind

#New York Quotes #Father Quotes #Smart Quotes

“Nobody ever gets what they want when it comes to love.”

Source : Scott Turow (2002). “Reversible Errors: A Novel”, p.243, Macmillan
“When I was writing 'The White Tiger' I lived in a building pretty much exactly like the one I described in this novel, and the people in the book are the people I lived with back then. So I didn't have to do much research to find them.”
“The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind.”

Source : John Millington Synge (1999). “The Aran Islands”, p.26, Northwestern University Press
“O love, O fire! once he drew With one long kiss my whole soul through My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.”
“In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.”
“I have the motto that says, 'Whatever you see in your closet that you like, pick it and wear it.' It's not just your closet, but just your life. Whatever catches your eye. Pick it.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe, and so everyone who breathes it becomes free. Everyone who comes to this island is entitled to the protection of English law, whatever oppression he may have suffered and whatever may be the colour of his skin.”
“The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.”

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