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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Nov 07, 2020
My kindergarten teacher encouraged me to learn, as did my school headmaster, who gave me a grant to study.
- Neighborhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't walk into the lab in the morning thinking, 'I am a woman, and I will carry out an experiment that will conquer the world.' I am a scientist, not male or female. A scientist.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am against boycotts in general: boycotts against us as well as anything and everything that can be boycotted.
- Curiosity
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- Nov 07, 2020
If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
- Haircut
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are obsessed with my haircut; everyone wants to do something with my hair before the ceremony. Very senior figures tell me their hairstylist wants to do my hair for free. It's surprising. People from television are interested almost exclusively in aspects of my hair and my hairdresser.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm truly glad I've managed to get the public interested in questions about basic research.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always having to get rid of reporters.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world was not supportive. They look at me as a joke for 13 to 14 years until I could prove feasibility; then I had competitors. Those that laughed at me became my competitors.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For quite a while, I didn't receive a higher academic status. I didn't feel any discrimination against me as a woman scientist, but I hadn't produced a lot of science journal articles.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Weizmann Institute showed me respect and didn't require many administrative tasks, so I was quite independent. I did what I wanted.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were Zionists born in Poland. My father was a rabbi who didn't know much about science and ran a grocery store in the neighborhood with my mother's help.
- Conquer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to reveal how genetic code is translated into protein. I knew a great application could be for antibiotics, since half of the useful ones target the ribosomes, but I didn't believe I could contribute to it. It was like the next Mount Everest to conquer. It was my dream to contribute something to humanity.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.
- Integrity
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- Nov 07, 2020