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People are obsessed with my haircut; everyone wants to do something with my hair before the ceremony. Very senior figures tell me their hairstylist wants to do my hair for free. It's surprising. People from television are interested almost exclusively in aspects of my hair and my hairdresser.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Almost Aspects Before Ceremony Everyone Figures Free Hair Haircut Hairdresser Interested Me Obsessed People Senior Something Surprising Television Tell Very Wants

Keywords: Abhors


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I was described as a dreamer, a fantasist, even as the village idiot. I didn't care. What I cared about was convincing people to allow me to go on with my work.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: About Allow Care Cared Convincing Dreamer Even Go Idiot Me People Village Work

Keywords: Abhors


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People always talk about the implication and applications of a process, but for me, the goal is purely about knowledge. Knowledge can become practical today, in 20 years, or in 500 years. Ask Newton. He didn't know there would be space research based on his accident with the apple.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: About Accident Always Apple Applications Ask Based Become Goal He His Know Knowledge Me Newton People Practical Process Purely Research Space Talk Today Would Years

Keywords: Abhors


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The world was not supportive. They look at me as a joke for 13 to 14 years until I could prove feasibility; then I had competitors. Those that laughed at me became my competitors.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Became Competitors Could Had Joke Laughed Look Me Prove Supportive Then Those Until World Years

Keywords: Abhors


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It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Able Express Foundation Gratitude Great Honor Me Nobel Sincere

Keywords: Abhors


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I don't walk into the lab in the morning thinking, 'I am a woman, and I will carry out an experiment that will conquer the world.' I am a scientist, not male or female. A scientist.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Am Carry Conquer Experiment Female Lab Male Morning Out Scientist Thinking Walk Will Woman World I Am

Keywords: Abhors


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I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Background Books Born Did Father Jerusalem Poor Rabbi Rather Religious I Was Born

Keywords: Abhors


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Once, when I tried to calculate the height of the balcony, I broke my arm. Another time, I wanted to see if water moves faster than kerosene. When my father came out to smoke, a fire broke out.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Another Another Time Arm Balcony Broke Calculate Came Faster Father Fire Height Moves Once Out See Smoke Than Time Tried Wanted Water I Tried

Keywords: Abhors


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For quite a while, I didn't receive a higher academic status. I didn't feel any discrimination against me as a woman scientist, but I hadn't produced a lot of science journal articles.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Academic Against Any Articles Discrimination Feel Higher Journal Lot Me Produced Quite Quite A While Receive Science Scientist Status While Woman

Keywords: Abhors


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I wanted to reveal how genetic code is translated into protein. I knew a great application could be for antibiotics, since half of the useful ones target the ribosomes, but I didn't believe I could contribute to it. It was like the next Mount Everest to conquer. It was my dream to contribute something to humanity.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Antibiotics Application Believe Code Conquer Contribute Could Dream Everest Genetic Great Half How Humanity Knew Like Mount Mount Everest Next Protein Reveal Since Something Target Translated Useful Wanted

Keywords: Abhors


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Biography

Nationality: Israeli

Type: Scientist

Born: June 22nd, 1939

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