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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
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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
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I used ribosomes from very, very robust bacteria under very, very active conditions and found a way - I actually took advantage of research done before me at the Weizmann, the same institute I am now - how to preserve their activity and their integrity while they crystallized. - Ada Yonath
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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
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My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either. - Ada Yonath
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry. - Ada Yonath
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After I spent my compulsory army service in the 'top secret office' of the Medical Forces, where I was fortunate to be exposed to clinical and medical issues, I enrolled to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. - Ada Yonath
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My parents were Zionists born in Poland. My father was a rabbi who didn't know much about science and ran a grocery store in the neighborhood with my mother's help. - Ada Yonath
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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
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I was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a poor family that shared a rented four-room apartment with two additional families and their children. - Ada Yonath
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Even if I tried to fill up the stadium in Ramat Gan, I don't think I could. - Ada Yonath
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Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial plans to determine the ribosome structure. - Ada Yonath
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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
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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
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DNA is a code of four letters; proteins are made up of amino acids which come in 20 forms. So the ribosome is a very clever machine that reads one language and operates in another. - Ada Yonath
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My memories from my childhood are centered on my father's medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me. - Ada Yonath
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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
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The Weizmann Institute showed me respect and didn't require many administrative tasks, so I was quite independent. I did what I wanted. - Ada Yonath
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