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I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants  (Sidney Altman Quotes) Eight months later, having left Columbia, I was studying physics in a summer program and working in Colorado when I decided to enroll as a graduate student in biophysics  (Sidney Altman Quotes) For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity  (Sidney Altman Quotes) Furthermore, neither of our research groups set out in search of RNA catalysis  (Sidney Altman Quotes) I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to work in a laboratory and wondering if I should continue in physics  (Sidney Altman Quotes) The mystique associated with the bomb, the role that scientists played in it, and its general importance could not fail to impress even a six - year old  (Sidney Altman Quotes) The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth  (Sidney Altman Quotes) By the time I reached high school my father’s grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college.  (Sidney Altman Quotes) I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to work in a laboratory and wondering if I should continue in physics.  (Sidney Altman Quotes) Eight months later, having left Columbia, I was studying physics in a summer program and working in Colorado when I decided to enroll as a graduate student in biophysics.  (Sidney Altman Quotes) About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of scientific theory and its predictive power  (Sidney Altman Quotes) By the time I reached high school my father’s grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college  (Sidney Altman Quotes) Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon  (Sidney Altman Quotes) We are united in the hope that every individual will someday enjoy at least the intellectual privileges we have had, if not always the material advantages  (Sidney Altman Quotes) We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy  (Sidney Altman Quotes)