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1. "For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity." ~ Sidney Altman
2. "Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon." ~ Sidney Altman
3. "The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth." ~ Sidney Altman
4. "About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of scientific theory and its predictive power." ~ Sidney Altman
5. "Furthermore, neither of our research groups set out in search of RNA catalysis." ~ Sidney Altman
6. "I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants." ~ Sidney Altman
7. "It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments." ~ Sidney Altman
8. "We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy." ~ Sidney Altman
9. "My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." ~ Sidney Altman
10. "By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college." ~ Sidney Altman
11. "Eight months later, having left Columbia, I was studying physics in a summer program and working in Colorado when I decided to enroll as a graduate student in biophysics." ~ Sidney Altman
12. "I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to work in a laboratory and wondering if I should continue in physics." ~ Sidney Altman
13. "Indeed, we are privileged to have been afforded the opportunity to study Nature and to follow our own thoughts and inspirations in a time of relative tranquillity and in a land with a generous and forward-looking government." ~ Sidney Altman
14. "The mystique associated with the bomb, the role that scientists played in it, and its general importance could not fail to impress even a six-year old." ~ Sidney Altman

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He invented a machine for reading underwater and nearly drowned in the bath because it worked."
Author: A.S. Byatt

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