Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965
Recorded · Engineering and Science / Caltech Magazine · 1976
We'd walk in the canyons, and we'd often walk with Bethe, and Von Neumann, and Bacher. It was a great pleasure.
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Recorded · Academy of Achievement
I had an uncle that played a great role in my life as far as sports. Like I said, in the South we would always play like three or four o’clock in the afternoon.
Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1988–1990 and 1993–1996
Recorded · Academy of Achievement
A very important influence. Now when I look back on it, it was my father who was against the gender constraints of my time.
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- What is a lawful use of power that you would still refuse as wrong? —
- How should a public leader explain a necessary choice whose costs fall unfairly on some people? —
- When constituents strongly disagree with your judgment, what should make you hold your position and what should make you change it? —
- When did you last change your mind about something important? 28
- Which result should the public use to decide whether your service was effective? —
- When you put your name on something, how thoroughly should you have checked it first — and when have you signed off without checking enough? —
- When you need counsel, who is the first person you call? 12
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- What are you unwilling to optimise? 30
- What should be stronger in the institution after you leave, even if nobody credits you for it? —
- Which teacher, parent, coach, or friend most made you who you are, and what did you learn from them? 57
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