"Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years……" — Martin Lewis Perl
"Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very large numbers of books."
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19 Quotes by Martin Lewis Perl
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I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel.
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My final remark to young women and men going into experimental science is that they should pay little attention to…
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I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set.
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The remoteness of my parents from the schools, so unfashionable today, was often painful for me, but I learned early…
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I learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book…
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A parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called…
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About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia.
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Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business.
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My parents were determined to move into the middle class.
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My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants.
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It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years.
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There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every…
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
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