There were times when other people said I was on the short list, but as time passed and nothing happened, I didn't expect the recognition would come because people who were familiar with my work were slowly dying off.


Quoted in: William Grimes, "Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Economist, Dies at 90" at nytimes.com, June 26, 2008.

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Leonid Hurwicz Quotes

There were times when other people said I was on the short list, but as time passed and nothing happened, I didn't expect the recognition would come...

There were times when other people said I was on the short list, but as time passed and nothing happened, I didn't expect the recognition would come...

There were times when other people said I was on the short list, but as time passed and nothing happened, I didn't expect the recognition would come...

There were times when other people said I was on the short list, but as time passed and nothing happened, I didn't expect the recognition would come...