"Every effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice of energy. I never paid such a price."
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"The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention."
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"Sometimes I feel that by not marrying, I made too great a sacrifice to my work."
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"The only method compatible with our notions of civilization and the race is to prevent the breeding of the unfit by sterilization and the deliberate guidance of the mating instinct. [...] The trend of opinion among eugenists is that we must make marriage more difficult. Certainly no one who is not a desirable parent should be permitted to produce progeny."
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"I am equally proud of my Serbian origin and my Croatian fatherland."
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"Inventors don't have time for married life."
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"By an irony of fate, my first employment was as a draughtsman. I hated drawing; it was for me the very worst of annoyances. Fortunately, it was not long before I secured the position I sought, that of chief electrician to the telephone company."
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