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> [Not everybody is talented for doing research. I think many women prefer to look for an easier job after their dissertations because it is very demanding. You have to be mobile. You have to move to different places for your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/not-everybody-is-talented-for-doing-research-i-think-many-women/)

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## More by Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

> [I was born during the war, on October 20, 1942, as the second of five children. My father, Rolf Volhard, was an architect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/i-was-born-during-the-war-on-october-20-1942-as-the-second-of-five/)

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> [Humans are something very different from animals, and the numbers required to get cloning to work in animals are completely prohibitory with humans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/humans-are-something-very-different-from-animals-and-the-numbers/)

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> [Successful women are not liked. I think the biggest danger for women in science is colleagues who are not as good as you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/successful-women-are-not-liked-i-think-the-biggest-danger-for-women/)

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> [In German science, we have a special problem. We lose talented women at the time they get pregnant. Some of it occurs because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/in-german-science-we-have-a-special-problem-we-lose-talented-women-at/)

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> [The three of us have worked on the development of the small and totally harmless fruit fly, Drosophila. This animal has been extremely cooperative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/the-three-of-us-have-worked-on-the-development-of-the-small-and/)

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> [In my age group I don't know a single woman who is as successful as I am. I am the total exception. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/in-my-age-group-i-don-t-know-a-single-woman-who-is-as-successful-as-i/)

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> [I had a very intense relationship with my father, who was always extremely interested in what we kids were doing. I actually think the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/i-had-a-very-intense-relationship-with-my-father-who-was-always/)

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> [At the time I finished high school, I was determined to study biology, deeply convinced to eventually be a researcher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/at-the-time-i-finished-high-school-i-was-determined-to-study-biology/)

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> [In mathematics and science, there is no difference in the intelligence of men and women. The difference in genes between men and women is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/in-mathematics-and-science-there-is-no-difference-in-the-intelligence/)

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> [I think women who are pretty certainly have an advantage in any field, in any profession. When a girl is born people still say:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/i-think-women-who-are-pretty-certainly-have-an-advantage-in-any-field/)

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> [I think there is too much attention on mentoring. If people want to be scientists, they will figure out how to do it. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/i-think-there-is-too-much-attention-on-mentoring-if-people-want-to-be/)

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> [If woman wants to have kids and work a little less she has a big disadvantage compared to a male colleague who has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/if-woman-wants-to-have-kids-and-work-a-little-less-she-has-a-big/)

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> [I am often asked why there is discrimination against women in science. And I have given it some thought. With prejudicial attitudes, you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/i-am-often-asked-why-there-is-discrimination-against-women-in-science/)

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> [I remember that already as a child I was often intensely interested in things, obsessed by ideas and projects in many areas, and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/i-remember-that-already-as-a-child-i-was-often-intensely-interested/)

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> [It is very important for me to be taken seriously for my science and not for my looks or other personal accomplishments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/it-is-very-important-for-me-to-be-taken-seriously-for-my-science-and/)

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