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“I was raised with this idea of hard work and keeping doors open. To be able to choose what you want to do in the future. That was what we tried to tell our children, too.” quote by Christiane Nusslein-Volhard — Download Open image

“I was raised with this idea of hard work and keeping doors open. To be able to choose what you want to do in the future. That was what we tried to tell our children, too.”

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

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