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It is impossible to encircle the hips of a girl with my right arm and hold her smile in my left hand, then proceed to study the two items separately. Similarly, we can not separate life from living matter, in order to study only living matter and its reactions. Inevitably, studying living matter and its reactions, we study life itself

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Age: 93 †
Born: 1893
Born: September 16
Died: 1986
Died: October 21
Biochemist
Chemist
Peace Activist
Physician
Physiologist
Politician
Scientist
University Teacher
Buda Pest
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Matter
Impossible
Studying
Right
Hand
Hips
Life
Living
Reactions
Encircle
Girl
Separate
Separately
Left
Smile
Similarly
Order
Arms
Proceed
Hands
Hold
Items
Two
Study
Inevitably

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I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all over the world and we all were equally received here with signs of sympathy.
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This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my heart and lift my glass to human solidarity, to the ultimate victory of knowledge, peace, good-will and understanding.
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