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The universe had an odd sense of fairness; it took away things one did not want to give up, and then gave things one did not ask for.

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A name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of looking at the world. Losing it meant losing my ties to all those things too.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Laila Lalami

Laila Lalami
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Born: 1968 (age 57)
Bio: Laila Lalami is a Moroccan-American novelist and essayist. After earning her undergraduate degree in Morocco, she received a fellowship to study in the UK, where she earned an MA in linguistics.
Known for:
  1. The Moor's Account (2014)
  2. Secret Son (2009)
  3. Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits (2005)

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