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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.

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Niels Bohr
Age: 77 †
Born: 1885
Born: October 7
Died: 1962
Died: November 18
Association Football Player
Chemist
Nuclear Physicist
Philosopher Of Science
Physicist
University Teacher
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Niels Henrik David Bohr
Nicholas Baker
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If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don't know the first thing about it.
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A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it's exact opposite is also true.
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The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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Rutherford is a man you can rely on he comes regularly and enquires how things are going and talks about the smallest details - Rutherford is such an outstanding man and really interested in the work of all the people around him.
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Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.
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There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
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If we couldn't laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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If you aren't confused by quantum mechanics, you haven't really understood it.
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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be
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It is difficult to predict, especially the future.
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No paradox, no progress.
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We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.
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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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