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What we need is imagination, but imagination in a terrible strait-jacket.


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Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.



It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.

It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.



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If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood .



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God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.



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My rule is, when you are unhappy, think about it. But when you're happy, don't. Why spoil it? You're probably happy for some ridiculous reason and you'd just spoil it to know it.

My rule is, when you are unhappy, think about it. But when you're happy, don't. Why spoil it? You're probably happy for some ridiculous reason and you'd just spoil it to know it.



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Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.



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Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!

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