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I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence.

Brian Greene

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Brian Greene
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 9
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Brian Randolph Greene
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Art makes us human, music makes us human, and I deeply feel that science makes us human.
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The main challenge that television presents is that I have a tendency to say things with a great deal of precision and accuracy. Often a description of that sort, which will work in a book because people can read it slowly - they can turn the pages back and so on - doesn't really work on TV because it interrupts the flow of the moving image.
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