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It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature.

Niels Bohr

In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Audience Existence Greatness Time
Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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Crazy Enough Science Technology Theory True Yourself
The present state of atomic theory is characterized by the fact that we not only believe the existence of atoms to be proved beyond a doubt, but also we even believe that we have an intimate knowledge of the constituents of the individual atoms.
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Believe Beyond Character Doubt Knowledge Science Theory
Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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Change Children Oneself Time
One must always do what one really cannot.
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Inspirational Oneself
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
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Democracy Politics Secret Weapon
No paradox, no progress.
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One Liner Progress Science
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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Myself Science Understand
Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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Idiot Spiritual
Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
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Discovery Doubt Justice Science Truth
It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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Enough Polite Wrong
Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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Funny Future Risk
The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
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Fake Science Truth Wisdom
Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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Deep Reality Science
The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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Greatness Ideas One Liner
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.
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Connection Creation Establishment Language Mental Photograph Poet Poetry Science

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