#nobel

To my mind, the most important aspect of the Nobel Awards is that they bring home to the masses of the peoples of all nations, a realization of their common interests. They carry to those who have no direct contact with science the international spirit. ↗

— Irving Langmuir

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As soon as I got the Nobel Prize my back collapsed and I was in hospital. ↗

— Doris Lessing

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It's lovely to have money to give away - that's the bonus of winning the Nobel. ↗

— Doris Lessing

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They can't give a Nobel to someone who's dead so I think they were probably thinking they had better give it to me now before I popped off. ↗

— Doris Lessing

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And yet the Nobel Prizes, in singling out individuals, have done a great deal of good in pointing up to the world as a whole and setting forth clearly goals for achievement. ↗

— Willard Libby

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I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

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I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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