Richard Smalley Quotes

Until late in life, I was never quite good enough for my father, and I suppose that is part of what drives me even now, well after his death in 1992.

Richard Smalley

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• Until late in life, I was never quite good enough for my father, and I suppose that is part of what drives me even now, well after his death in 1992.

  

  Richard Smalley
  • Father
  • Enough
  • Suppose