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> [When I was a college student at Yale, I was studying physics and mathematics and was absolutely intent on becoming a theoretical physicist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-rothman/when-i-was-a-college-student-at-yale-i-was-studying-physics-and/)

[James Rothman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-rothman/)

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## More by James Rothman

> [As physics students, we are taught that physicists are smart, that chemists are moderately acceptable, and that biologists are certainly not very intelligent. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-rothman/as-physics-students-we-are-taught-that-physicists-are-smart-that/)

[James Rothman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-rothman/)

> [I might have been just as happy to have been a practicing primary-care doctor. But as a medical student, I had interacted with patients…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-rothman/i-might-have-been-just-as-happy-to-have-been-a-practicing-primary/)

[James Rothman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-rothman/)

> [The truth is that anyone, almost anyone, who receives the Nobel Prize has some indirect knowledge of one sort or another that they may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-rothman/the-truth-is-that-anyone-almost-anyone-who-receives-the-nobel-prize/)

[James Rothman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-rothman/)

> [In the earlier years when I started this project at Stanford University, everyone told me it was nuts to go and try to reproduce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-rothman/in-the-earlier-years-when-i-started-this-project-at-stanford/)

[James Rothman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-rothman/)

> [I became aware of the very complex internal organization in a cell from the basic science classes, and it made me think about how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-rothman/i-became-aware-of-the-very-complex-internal-organization-in-a-cell/)

[James Rothman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-rothman/)

> [One of the major lessons in all of biochemistry, cell biology and molecular medicine is that when proteins operate at the sub cellular level,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-rothman/one-of-the-major-lessons-in-all-of-biochemistry-cell-biology-and/)

[James Rothman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-rothman/)

> [I had five years of failure, really, before I had the first initial sign of success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-rothman/i-had-five-years-of-failure-really-before-i-had-the-first-initial/)

[James Rothman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-rothman/)

> [When I was a college student at Yale, I was studying physics and mathematics and was absolutely intent on becoming a theoretical physicist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-rothman/when-i-was-a-college-student-at-yale-i-was-studying-physics-and/)

[James Rothman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-rothman/)

> [I started taking a basic biology course, and I really loved it. I started asking research questions incessantly. I was drawn very quickly to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-rothman/i-started-taking-a-basic-biology-course-and-i-really-loved-it-i/)

[James Rothman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-rothman/)

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