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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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Niels Bohr
Age: 77 †
Born: 1885
Born: October 7
Died: 1962
Died: November 18
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No paradox, no progress.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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It is difficult to predict, especially the future.
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If we couldn't laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.
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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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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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A visitor to Niels Bohr's country cottage, noticing a horseshoe hanging on the wall, teasing the eminent scientist about this ancient superstition. Can it be true that you, of all people, believe it will bring you luck?' 'Of course not,' replied Bohr, 'but I understand it brings you luck whether you believe it or not.'
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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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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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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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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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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.
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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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Predictions are hard, especially abot the future.
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We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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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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