Paul Dirac Quotes
A theory with mathematical beauty is more likely to be correct than an ugly one that fits some experimental data.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.
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When I was twelve, I started reading Eudora Welty, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, James Agee, and - do we dare breathe the name - William Faulkner.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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Scientists tend to be skeptical, but the weakness of the community of science is that it tends to move into preformed establishment modes that say this is the only way of doing science, the only valid view.
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I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books. This was where I discovered 'Encyclopedia Brown' and 'Nancy Drew,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Rebecca.' This was where I became inspired to be a writer.
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Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
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The first time I saw E.T., the actual image of an alien, and he was so sweet-looking. I wanted him. I wanted E.T.
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Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.
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Love is a great emotion, but I believe it's not just about romance; it could be love for nature, people, for relationships.
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Playing a cop goes a long way. I have a lot of friends who are working as actors, and as soon as I started playing military characters or cops, and not the actual criminal that we're chasing on this show, they all said, 'You actually can have a career now.'
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How you choose to present yourself to the world shows what's meaningful to you - and what you want others to think is meaningful to you.
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More understand China, then more people will have interest in China and more people will come to China to visit us because I am a tourist ambassador.
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If any of us caught a fever during pregnancy, we would seek advice and support from a doctor. Getting help with our mental health is no different - our children need us to look after ourselves and get the support we need.
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A theory with mathematical beauty is more likely to be correct than an ugly one that fits some experimental data.
