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Robert B. Laughlin Quotes

It was at this moment that I wrote my first important paper in theoretical physics. I was 32 years old, 5 years beyond the alleged age of senility for theorists.

Robert B. Laughlin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: physicist
Nationality: american
Birth: November 1, 1950

Topics

Age Moment Physics Important Beyond

You know, my children go to a local, local catholic school just down the road.

John Deacon

Children School Road You Down Know

Everybody want famous, like me to be a famous director.

Andrew Lau

Me Famous Want Director Like

We definitely weren't poor growing up, but we weren't rich.

Matt Kemp

Growing Up Rich Growing Poor Up

Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is black, that is his choice. It should be his rights. It is not because white people will not allow him.

Stokely Carmichael

Live Man People Black Someone White

I do my bit for charity.

Rod Stewart

Charity Bit

My way of dealing with the world has always been to make fun of it and observe it but not take part in it. That's how I became a writer. But when you have kids, suddenly you have to be part of things. It leads almost to a breakdown because your whole defense mechanism is now really destructive.

Judd Apatow

Fun World You Now Way Always

To some degree we all find life difficult, perplexing, and oppressive. Even when it goes well, as it may for a time, we worry that it probably won't keep on that way.

Joko Beck

Life Time Worry Find Way Difficult

You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.

Diane Abbott

You Say Defend Anything Sounds

If I weren't an actor, I'd either be a teacher or a critic.

Dennis Haysbert

Teacher Actor Critic Either Were

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Winston Churchill

Great Responsibility Greatness Price

I have dreamt of being an author since the age of 14, and writing about my experiences has always been a part of digesting an experience and sharing it with others.

Tim Cope

Age Experience Writing Sharing Been

Even if we grade on a very generous curve, many Americans flunk when it comes to financial literacy.

Richard Thaler

Financial Literacy Curve Generous