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As a child, I thought I was immortal, but now I recognize how limited a time we all have. As a child, success meant scoring A on every exam, but now I take it to mean good health, close family and friends, achieve- ments in my work, and helping others.

Ahmed Zewail

We don’t work like the best basketball player and the best musician and so on. Science is a collective effort.
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Basketball Best Collective Effort Like Musician Player Science Work
And the other thing also which I’m hoping for is that the government in Egypt is willing and interested in promoting science and technology and this is an ideal time now to be able to do something.
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Government Hoping Ideal Interesting Promoting Something Technology
One of the things I enjoy most is to be left alone with a book.
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Book Enjoy Left Alone Most Thing
You should have some time to think and that’s very important.
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Important Some Think Thinking Time
I don’t know all the reasons for these achievements, but I know that I love what I do and I have never wanted to rest on my laurels.
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Achievement Knowing Laurel Love Reason Science Wanted
Invest in basic research and recruit the best minds.
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Basic Best Invest Mind Recruit Research
The fastest possible speeds are determined by their molecular vibrations and this speeds is about a kilometre per second.
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Determine Fastest Kilometre Molecular Possible Second Speed
For me to sit down here, even as a Nobel Laureate and make a prediction about which science I think that will be a mistake.
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Down Mistake Nobel People Prediction Science Thinking
Syria is the proud heir of an ancient civilization that has a unique spectrum of minorities that encompasses Muslims and Christians of various denominations. There are at least ten such ethnic and religious groups.
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Ancient Christian Civilization Community Country Proud Religious Spectrum Unique
As a child, I thought I was immortal, but now I recognize how limited a time we all have. As a child, success meant scoring A on every exam, but now I take it to mean good health, close family and friends, achieve- ments in my work, and helping others.
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Child Exam Family Good Health Help Immortal Limited Recognize Success Time
I do feel that there are tremendous amount of talent in Egypt, human resources.
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Amount Country Feel Human Resource Talent Tremendous
Electrons and possibly x-rays to be able to get the architecture of these molecules, the molecular structures themselves, of very complex biological systems. That’s the ultimate goal.
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Able Architecture Biological Goal Molecular Structure Themselves Ultimate
So, that’s my intention to focus my efforts there and I hope I will be able to do so.
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Able Focusmeffort Hope Intention
Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt but we need the science base.
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Base Country Need Resource Science Tremendous
I thought in my Nobel Lecture I pointed that I was delighted that the Swedish Academy of Science did not quote anything about my current work right now, because the current work that my group is focusing on is actually both the time resolve.
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Academy Delighted Goal Group Lecture Nobel Now Pointed Quote Science Thought Work
I do have a concern however, humanity has a great way of adapting and I’m sure scientists of the future, probably after I leave this planet, earth will have a new way of dealing with the internet but I do have a concern in the transition period.
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Adapte Concern Future Great Humanity Period Scientist Sure Way

As a child, I thought I was immortal, but now I recognize how limited a time we all have. As a child, success meant scoring A on every exam, but now I take it to mean good health, close family and friends, achieve- ments in my work, and helping others.

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As a child, I thought I was immortal, but now I recognize how limited a time we all have. As a child, success meant scoring A on every exam, but now I take it to mean good health, close family and friends, achieve- ments in my work, and helping others.

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