Philip Warren Anderson Quotes
I learned, practically in my cradle (actually from Bill McMillan's thesis), that the ground state wave function of a system of bosons should necessarily be real and positive, a fact which made his early Monte Carlo simulations infinitely easier.
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The bottom line is, when you're in the Senate, you have more of a voice in the beginning than a new House member.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.
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As artists, we're always going to like the songs we just now made over the songs we made a year ago.
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Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
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At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.
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Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it.
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There are two kinds of success. One is musical or artistic and the other is commercial.
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Many people think spending an hour or two in the kitchen is a waste of time. But it is a good investment in your spiritual development.
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Trump says very scary things - deporting immigrants, massive militarism and, you know, ignoring the climate. Well, Hillary, unfortunately, has a track record for doing all of those things.
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If you really know... what you want and how to get there, then everything else really falls into place.
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I learned, practically in my cradle (actually from Bill McMillan's thesis), that the ground state wave function of a system of bosons should necessarily be real and positive, a fact which made his early Monte Carlo simulations infinitely easier.
