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" My childhood bedroom - if childhood could be about ten years old - had a bed which was under windows which faced north. At about age 10, I started watching the stars just move through the night. "

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Influence

Think

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Fate

Dark

" There is no problem in science that can be solved by a man that cannot be solved by a woman. "

" In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light matter is about a factor of ten. That's probably a good number for the ratio of our ignorance to knowledge. We're out of kindergarten, but only in about third grade. "

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" By about age 12, I would prefer to stay up and watch the stars than go to sleep. I started learning. I started going to the library and reading. But it was initially just watching the stars from my bedroom that I really did. There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night. "

" Fame is fleeting. My numbers mean more to me than my name. "

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Fame

Numbers

" I try to do my science in a moral way, and, I believe that, ideally, science should be looked upon as something that helps us understand our role in the universe. "

" We know very little about the universe. I personally don't believe it's uniform and the same everywhere. That's like saying the earth is flat. "

" There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night. "

" Nobody ever told us all matter radiated. We just assumed it did. "

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Nobody

Ever

" I'm Jewish, and so religion, to me, is a kind of moral code and a kind of history. "

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Code

History

" Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions. "

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Alter

Science

" Don't let anyone keep you down for silly reasons such as who you are. "

" We need senators who have studied physics and representatives who understand ecology. "

" In my own life, my science and my religion are separate. "

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Will

Data

" I think the question is, are there women and have there been women who want to do science and could be doing great science, but they never really got the opportunity? "