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" I always knew how privileged I was to think for a living. "

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" The deadnettle is the Punxsutawney Phil of the plant world: short of stature but stout of heart. At the first hint of winter's wane, its stem rises from the ground, and a green, grasping hand of sepals unclenches to divulge two silky-white petals, one of which unfurls straight up toward the sky. "

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" I love the quiet forest that stands between my lab and my home. "

" All I have ever wanted is one more day in the lab with the people I care about. And every day that I get that, I am grateful. "

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" I think, as you move to the upper ranks of science - ranks being positions of influence and access - you see fewer female faces. And I think the basic reason is the same reason that you don't see a lot of female faces in Congress or on the Supreme Court or on the directing board of Fortune 500 companies. "

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