Irene Joliot-Curie
Physicist, Chemist
"The farther the experiment is from theory, the closer it is to the Nobel Prize."
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Nobel
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Richard P. Feynman
Physicist
"Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something."
Richard P. Feynman
Physicist
"If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize."
Naguib Mahfouz
Novelist
"One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages."
Naguib Mahfouz
Novelist
"My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize."
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"I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised."
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"Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important."
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"I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way."
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"In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society."
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"It's a great relief for me that no one will ask me anymore: "Orhan, when will you get the Nobel Prize?""
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"I was never going to be one of Nobel prize winners."
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