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Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.

Niels Bohr

The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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Measure Property Science
The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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Life Philosophy Wisdom
It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature.
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Learning Nature Theory Thinking Wrong
It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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Enough Polite Wrong
No paradox, no progress.
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One Liner Progress Science
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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Creativity Hope Ideas Inspirational Work
Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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Funny Joke Science Serious
When we measure something we are forcing an undetermined, undefined world to assume an experimental value. We are not measuring the world, we are creating it.
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Creation Force Science Value World
If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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End Laughter Ourselves
Truth and clarity are complementary.
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One Liner Science Truth
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
It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
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Greatness Human Satisfaction Science
In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Audience Existence Greatness Time
You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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Experiement People Science Work Yourself
Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Funny God One Liner
Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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Crazy Enough Science Technology Theory True Yourself

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