Henry Louis Gates My father lived to be 97 and played bridge every day up to the end, so I’ve got a 50 percent chance of living a long life like him. – Henry Louis Gates Bridge Quotes Chance Quotes Day Quotes Father Quotes Life Quotes Lived Quotes Living Quotes Percent Quotes Played Quotes It turns out one of my ancestors fought in the Continental Army, so I was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution. My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans and the first father and son anywhere to have their genomes sequenced.
Oscar Hijuelos I teach at Duke, and I have students who are all of twenty who want to write memoirs, and you know it’s all pretty interesting stuff, but a lot of them lack gravitas, you know. – Oscar Hijuelos
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow Initially, new ideas are rejected. Later they become dogma if you’re right. And if you’re really lucky, you can publish your rejections as part of your Nobel presentation. – Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Jenny Han I write diverse books because the world we live in is diverse, and I want my books to reflect that truth. – Jenny Han
Edward Zwick I look at modern life and I see people not taking responsibility for their lives. The temptation to blame, to find external causes to one’s own issues is something that is particularly modern. I know that personally I find that sense of responsibility interesting. – Edward Zwick
Benoit Mandelbrot Nobody will deny that there is at least some roughness everywhere. – Benoit Mandelbrot
Ludwig Quidde Disarmament or limitation of armaments, which depends on the progress made on security, also contributes to the maintenance of peace. – Ludwig Quidde
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