Rita Levi-Montalcini quotes - page 2

I say to the young, be happy that you were born in Italy because of the beauty of the human capital, both masculine and feminine, of this country... No other country has such human capital. (Rita Levi-Montalcini)
Babies did not attract me, and I was altogether without the maternal sense so highly developed in small and adolescent girls. View quote
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The instruments, glassware, and chemical reagents necessary for my project were the same as my 19th-century predecessors had. View quote
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I told Mother of my decision to study medicine. She encouraged me to speak to Father... I began in a roundabout way... He listened, looking at me with that serious and penetrating gaze of his that caused me such trepidation, and asked whether I knew what I wanted to do. View quote
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The process for awarding Nobel prizes is so complex that it cannot be corrupted. View quote
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I consider imperfection a Darwinian spring of natural selection. For example, present day insects are identical to those of six million years ago: they were already perfect, and there was no reason for them to change. Man was instead imperfect, and this was the proxy for his own development and evolution. View quote
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