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“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? we must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and this thing must be attained. - Marie Curie”

Life Philosophy Madame Curie

Book:Mr Einstein's Secretary

Source: Mr Einstein's Secretary

“When you talk to young girls these days about their role modles, very few mention a chemist like Madame Curie or an astrophysicist and astronaut like Sally Ride, or a zoologist like Jane Goodall. Instead, they look to someone like Madonna.”

Looks Young Science Girl Roles These Days Jane Astronaut Chemist Zoologist Madame Curie

Author:W. Ann Reynolds

“In two thousand years all our generals and politicians may be forgotten, but Einstein and Madame Curie and Bernard Shaw and Stravinsky will keep the memory of our age alive.”

Years May Two Age Memories Alive Politician Thousand Forgotten Immortality Thousand Years Bernard Shaw Stravinsky Madame Curie

Author:Anthony Burgess

“Gertrude Stein ... the Madame Curie of language. Because in her deep research she has crushed thousands of tons of matter to extract the radium of the word.”

Matter Language Research Crushed Gertrude Madame Curie

Author:Mina Loy

“We Americans are mildly interested, of course, in reading about the discovery of radium by Madame Curie, but what we really yearn to know is the name of the uncommemorated French female who first mixed a sauce bearnaise.”

Knows Firsts Courses Reading Names Discovery Female Sauce Madame Curie

Author:Frank Crowninshield

“When I talk about the pain and hardship of a scientist's life, I'm speaking of more than existential angst. Galileo's work was condemned by the Church; Madame Curie paid with her life, a victim of leukemia wrought by radiation poisoning. Too many of us develop cataracts. None of us gets enough sleep. Most of what we know about the universe we know thanks to a lot of guys (and ladies) who stayed up late at night.”

Source: The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, what is the Question?

“It's in my stars to invent; I was born on Madame Curie's birthday. I have this need for originals, for innovation. That's why I like Charlie Parker.”

Needs Stars Born Innovation Originals Charlie Madame Curie

Author:Joni Mitchell

“When I was 12 years old, I read Nancy Drew mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about girls who love horses or go to nursing school. I belonged to the Girl Scouts and got A's in school and rarely disobeyed my parents. I still kept a collection of Barbie dolls in my room, and I almost never spoke to boys.”

“The library of my elementary school had this great biography section, and I read all of these paperback biographies until they were dog-eared. The story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Madame Curie and Martin Luther King and George Washington Carver and on and on and on.”

Stories School Dog Kings Library Biographies Sections Luther Elementary School Eleanor Biographers Carver My Biography Madame Curie Reading Biographies

Author:Christine Quinn

“Pierre Curie, a brilliant scientist, happened to marry a still more brilliant one-Marie, the famous Madame Curie-and is the only great scientist in history who is consistently identified as the husband of someone else.”

Stills Science History Happened Husband Scientist Brilliant Consistently Marie Great Scientist Madame Curie

Book:Asimov on physics

Source: Asimov on physics

“Madame Curie didn't stumble upon radium by accident. She searched and experimented and sweated and suffered years before she found it. Success rarely is an accident.”

Years Success Found Accidents Stumble Upon Madame Curie

Author:B. C. Forbes