At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him permission to engage in a professional career. In eight months I filled my gaps in Latin, Greek and… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife. — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
As for the presence of large NGF [nerve growth factor] sources in snake venom and male genital organs, they may be conceived as instances… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
It is imperfection - not perfection - that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
Babies did not attract me, and I was altogether without the maternal sense so highly developed in small and adolescent girls. — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
At 100, I have a mind that is superior - thanks to experience- than when i was 20. — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
My life has been enriched by excellent human relations, work and interests. I have never felt lonely. — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
The four of us enjoyed a most wonderful family atmosphere filled with love and reciprocal devotion. Both parents were highly cultured and instilled in… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him permission to… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
I told Mother of my decision to study medicine. She encouraged me to speak to Father... I began in a roundabout way... He listened,… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
If I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize. — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
After a short period spent in Brussels as a guest of a neurological institute, I returned to Turin on the verge of the invasion… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
You've been thinking about something without willing to for a long time...Then, all of a sudden, the problem is opened to you in a… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
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