"It is shameful that there are so few women in science In China there are many, many women in physics. There is a misconception in America that women scientists are all dowdy spinsters. This is the fault of men. In Chinese society, a woman is valued for what she is, and men encourage her to accomplishments yet she remains eternally feminine."

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Source : "Queen of Physics". "Newsweek" no. 61, 20, May 20, 1963.

Chien-Shiung Wu

#Men Quotes #America Quotes #Chinese Quotes

“I enjoy my fun time and everything like that but I love what I do”
“People usually are the happiest at home.”
“Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone... not even to ourselves.”

Source : Scott Lynch (2013). “The Republic of Thieves”, p.489, Del Rey
“Anonymity is a wonderful thing if you can hang on to it. I live in Pasadena where we try to keep the movie people out. We discourage them from moving in our neighborhood and if they do we burn effigies on their lawns.”
“Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a voyage that is both fiercely credible and astonishingly imaginative. This is Science Fiction.”
“I like to walk around my apartment naked. I like sitting around in the nude watching sports, actually.”
“Weak minds make treaties with the passions they cannot overcome, and try to purchase happiness at the expense of principle; but the resolute will of a strong man scorns such means, and struggles nobly with his foe to achieve great deeds.”
“I didn't waste my time on things I didn't love.”

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