#birmingham

I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. ↗

— Lee Child

#grew #i #made #them #things

I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days. ↗

— Willie Mays

#black #days #i #lot #making

After an extensive interview he arranged for my weaknesses in foreign languages to be over-looked and so I started a Biology degree at Birmingham in 1967. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#arranged #biology #birmingham #degree #extensive

This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to any research project that I have undertaken. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#any #approach #biological #biologist #birmingham

Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and sexuality courses are women. I guess this is because the boys don't think that gender applies to them: that it's a subject for girls. ↗

— Louise Brown

#because #birmingham #courses #dozens #every