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Bob Dylan – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Nobel Banquet speech, 10 December 2016 Good evening, everyone. I extend my warmest greetings to the members of the Swedish Academy and to all of the other distinguished guests in attendance tonight. I’m sorry I can’t be with you in person, but please know that I am most definitely with you in…
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F. Duncan M. Haldane – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellences, Dear Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of David Thouless, Michael Kosterlitz, and myself, I would like to thank Your Majesties, the Nobel Foundation, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for honoring our early work on “Topological Phase Transitions” and “Topological Phases of Matter”. The…
moreJohn Steinbeck – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Min Vackra Fru, Ladies and Gentlemen. I thank the for finding my work worthy of this highest honor. In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence – but there is…
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Celebrating the written world of human experience and imagination Six master storytellers Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature 1991 Nadine Gordimer: “I always repeat; read, read, read” When asked about her most valuable words of advice, Nadine Gordimer, answered: “Boringly, I always repeat; read, read, read and don’t read the book coming in a…
moreMother Teresa – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance Speech
Transcript of Mother Teresa’s Acceptance Speech, held on 10 December 1979 in the Aula of the University of Oslo, Norway. Let us all together thank God for this beautiful occasion where we can all together proclaim the joy of spreading peace, the joy of loving one another and the joy acknowledging that…
moreYoshinori Ohsumi – Interview
Interview
Interview, December 2016 https://www.youtube.com/embed/4wzO4T1fiP4 Interview with Chemistry Laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi on 6 December 2016 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. The interviewer was freelance journalist Lotta Fredholm. Interview, October 2016 Interview transcript [Yoshinori Ohsumi]: Moshi, Moshi, Yoshinori speaking. [Adam Smith]: Hello, Professor Ohsumi. My name is Adam Smith. I’m calling from…
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