"Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'etre."

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Source : Steven Chu - Biographical, www.nobelprize.org. 1997.

Steven Chu

#My Family Quotes

“Dreams are never just dreams, they are reality waiting to happen.”
“You cant get beyond the body unless you free the body itself.”
“The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”

Source : Henrik Ibsen (2016). “An Enemy of the People”, p.125, Henrik Ibsen
“Most people don't realize turkeys are friendly, they're social, they're loyal, they have emotions.”

Source : "Thanksgiving Q&A: Shannon Elizabeth’s New Tradition — Adopt A Turkey!". Interview with Christopher Locke, www.accesshollywood.com. November 21, 2012.
“We remember with our emotions. The things that were important in our emotional life, that's what we remember.”

Source : Julius Lester (2003). “When Dad Killed Mom”, p.130, HMH
“It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution which has its object the support and diffusion of religion”

Source : "On Civil Liberty and Self-government".
“Accepting that the odds are against you is the same as accepting defeat before you begin.”
“Uncontrollable consumerism has become a watchword of our culture despite regular and compelling calls for its end. The United States has more malls than high schools; Americans spend more time shopping than reading. ... Some of the most insightful writing about the American character over the nation's history has been about neither freedom nor democracy but about the crazed impulse to acquire things.”

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