David Lee Quotes

#1. My parents were born and brought up in New York City. My father was trained as an electrical engineer, and my mother was an elementary school teacher. They were the children of Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from England and Lithuania in the late 1800s.

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#2. There are few moments in science in which you genuinely are excited. The discovery of superfluidity in helium-3 was one of those moments.

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#3. The discovery of superfluidity opened up a new understanding in the science world.

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#4. The first floor could be a restaurant. A good restaurant can survive as long as it has easy accessibility.

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#5. Liquid helium belongs to a class of fluids known as quantum fluids, as distinct from classical fluids.

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#6. Hey, don't stick that tongue out, unless you're gonna use it..

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#7. That's the best way to audition for anything: When your back-up plan is your dream, you know?

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#8. Following graduation from high school in 1948, I attended Harvard University where I became a physics major. Having grown up in a small town, I found Harvard to be an enormously enriching experience. Students in my class came from all walks of life and from a great variety of geographical locations.

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#9. A lot of bands mature, which means they get square; they start delivering messages. Hey, you got a message, use Western Union.

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#10. I had heard about Cheers, of course, but I never watched it. So I watched two episodes, and I was like, "Oh my God. This is really good."

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#11. My art has nothing to do with servicing collectors, it's for living, for turning on with.

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#12. I didn't hit one three-pointer in college, and a couple of those were right on the college three line. I didn't feel comfortable much outside of 12 to 15 feet. Now, I really feel comfortable from the wing and the corner area out to 18, 19 feet. I'm going to keep working and continue to improve it.

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#13. You have to be deviant if you're going to do anything new.

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#14. Basic science provides long-term benefits for ourselves and our fragile planet and should be supported by all the world's societies.

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#15. I look back upon graduate school as being a very happy period in my life. The chance to be thoroughly immersed in physics and to be surrounded by friends pursuing similar goals was a marvelous experience.

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#16. The hood ornament on your car is for telling you where you're going. The rear-view-mirror is for showing you how good you look while you're getting there.

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