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“a real nerd”: Ibid.
“I got smacked and kicked”: See Weinraub, Bernard. “Steven Spielberg Faces the Holocaust,” The New York Times, December 12, 1993.
‘weird’ and ‘independent-minded’: See McBride, Joseph.
“he always saw things differently”: See Weinraub, Bernard.
shy, introverted, and ostracized: See McBride, Joseph.
“He was my nemesis”: Ibid.
“the most bankable director in the business”: See, for example, Barnes, Brook. “A Director’s Cut,” The New York Times, July 27, 2008.
“Big ideas come from big thinkers”: See Taylor, William.
In 1896, French naturalist: See Fabre, Jean-Henri. The Life of the Caterpillar, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1916.
Fabre observed the caterpillars: Ibid.
Manager of the Century: See, for example, “Fortune Selects Henry Ford Businessman of the Century; GE’s Jack Welch Named Manager of the Century,” Business Wire, November 1, 1999.
“the ability to see around corners”: See Welch, Jack. Winning, New York: HarperCollins, 2005.
view multiple angles: Also note: In the legendary book How to Win Friends and Influence People, one of Dale Carnegie’s principles is “Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view.” Carnegie, Dale. How to Win Friends and Influence People, New York: Pocket Books, 1982.
The Google Story coauthor: Interview.
The Writer: See DeLillo, Don. Hungry Mind Review, Fall 1997.
“was inclined to separate himself”: See Isaacson, Walter. Einstein: His Life and Universe, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007.
“Play and playmates were forgotten”: Ibid.
Einstein was slow to speak: See Isaacson, Walter. Wired, March 2007.
“When I ask myself how it happened”: Ibid.
“a lively sense”: See Isaacson, Walter.
Einstein: Contrary to popular belief, Einstein did not fail math. In fact, Einstein said, “before I was fifteen I had mastered differential and integral calculus.” See Isaacson, Walter. Einstein: His Life and Universe.
“He comes in entirely as an outsider”: See Falk, Dan. “Einstein’s science genius wasn’t just about IQ,” Boston Globe, March 15, 2005.
“Other scientists had come close”: See Isaacson, Walter. Wired.
first African-American admitted: See, for example, edelman.sfsu.edu.
her secret to success: See, for example, Kimbro, Dennis. What Makes the Great Great, New York: Doubleday, 1998.
“the hardiness factor”: See Collins, Jim. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap . . . And Others Don’t, New York: HarperCollins, 2001.
resulting feeling of abandonment: See, for example, Johnson, Allan. “Only Lately Has Freddie Prinze Jr. Begun Getting Over His Father’s Death,” Chicago Tribune, January 28, 1999.
as he stepped onto his school bus: See Pearlman, Cindy. “Fresh Prinze: Freddie Jr. making name for himself, family,” Chicago Sun-Times, January 24, 1999.
found comfort in Stan Lee’s characters: See “Today’s People: Prinze Gets Serious About Comic Books,” Charleston Daily Mail, April 11, 2000.
related to the X-Men: See Johnson.
“I would always pretend”: Ibid.
“running and diving”: Ibid.
Students called him freak: See Vincent, Mal. “From Nerd to Prinze Charming,” The Sunday Telegraph, October 15, 2000.
weirdo: See, for example, Garner, Jack. “Despite big-screen image, Prinze was a high-school recluse,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, January 29, 1999.
Bullies threw rocks at him: See Vincent.
“Kids thought that was really strange”: See Johnson.
“The quirks that made him”: See Berlin, Joey and Revel, Dera. “art2,” Los Angeles Times, January 25, 1999.
being quiet and sensitive: See Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa. “Don’t Label This Prinze,” Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2000.
creating plays for girls: See Pearlman, Cindy. “Steady Freddie: Prinze more than just pretty face,” Chicago Sun-Times, June 11, 2000.
“vulnerable humanity”: See Valdes-Rodriguez.
“a male Julia Roberts”: See Vincent.