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The job of a theoretical physicist is to make mistakes as fast as possible .


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Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.



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In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.



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We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.

We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.



The universe gives birth to consciousness, and consciousness gives meaning to the universe.

The universe gives birth to consciousness, and consciousness gives meaning to the universe.



We all know that the real reason universities have students is in order to educate the professors.

We all know that the real reason universities have students is in order to educate the professors.



We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is aparticipatory universe.

We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is aparticipatory universe.



To hate is to study, to study is to understand, to understand is to appreciate, to appreciate is to love. So maybe I'll end up loving your theory.

To hate is to study, to study is to understand, to understand is to appreciate, to appreciate is to love. So maybe I'll end up loving your theory.



No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon.

No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon.



I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest thinking of India made its way to Greece and from there to the philosophy of our times

I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest thinking of India made its way to Greece and from there to the philosophy of our times





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... it is a welcome symptom in an age which is commonly denounced as materialistic, that it makes heroes of men whose goals lie wholly in the intellectual and moral sphere.



Don't make excuses, make good.

Don't make excuses, make good.



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I am less attracted to guesses about what cannot be done, than about making progress on a problem.



I really love it when you get that strange combination of feelings that play against each other.

I really love it when you get that strange combination of feelings that play against each other.




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