I believe that the Institute performs a crucial role in nurturing and promoting original thinking and scholarship,

With a total endowment of $400 million, [the Institute] has worked with 21 Nobel Prize winners and practically all Fields Medals winners. Very seldom with a modest contribution can you have such a great effect on the advancement of science.

I believe in rituals.

The only thing that's going to be fatal to this nomination is how she performs before the committee. If she performs all right, then she's obviously going to be approved. But if she doesn't perform well, she probably won't be approved.

Like with any long-term plan, I had to make reservations. My immediate goal for the flight would be to study Russian and American engineering approaches and to learn from the experience.

necessary to ensure maintenance of high quality running of the institution.