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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.

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Niels Bohr
Age: 77 †
Born: 1885
Born: October 7
Died: 1962
Died: November 18
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Chemist
Nuclear Physicist
Philosopher Of Science
Physicist
University Teacher
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Niels Henrik David Bohr
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Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.
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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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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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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it. [of quantum mechanics]
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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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Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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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 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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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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If you aren't confused by quantum mechanics, you haven't really understood it.
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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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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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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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In physics we deal with states of affairs much simpler than those of psychology and yet we again and again learn that our task is not to investigate the essence of things-we do not at all know what this would mean&mashbut to develop those concepts that allow us to speak with each other about the events of nature in a fruitful manner.
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