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Rita Levi-Montalcini Quotes: Babies did not attract me, and I was altogether without the maternal sense so highly developed in small and adolescent girls.
         

Babies did not attract me, and I was altogether without the maternal sense so highly developed in small and adolescent girls.


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Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them

Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them



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I tell young people: Do not think of yourself, think of others. Think of the future that awaits you, think about what you can do and do not fear anything.



Find first peace within yourself. Don't eat too much. Keep your brain active. Love.

Find first peace within yourself. Don't eat too much. Keep your brain active. Love.



The body does whatever it wants. I am not my body; I am my mind.

The body does whatever it wants. I am not my body; I am my mind.



I should thank Mussolini for having declared me to be of an inferior race. This led me to the joy of working, not any more unfortunately, in university institutes but in a bedroom.

I should thank Mussolini for having declared me to be of an inferior race. This led me to the joy of working, not any more unfortunately, in university institutes but in a bedroom.



Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries.

Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries.



My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife.

My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife.



At 100, I have a mind that is superior - thanks to experience - than when I was 20.

At 100, I have a mind that is superior - thanks to experience - than when I was 20.



It's not enough what I did in the past - there is also the future.

It's not enough what I did in the past - there is also the future.



If I die tomorrow or in a year, it is the same — it is the message you leave behind you that counts.

If I die tomorrow or in a year, it is the same — it is the message you leave behind you that counts.





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