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"Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played little or no role, I believe, in this decision to explore theory!"
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"Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives."
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"You don't need to play every ball but every ball needs your judgement."
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"But men have loved darkness rather than light."
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"I mean that if you are not absolutely sure of a thing, it is so difficult to commit yourself to a definite course of action."
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"If you suffer lingering doubts; if the consolation you cling to is 'it will probably be okay,' then run the other way because what you're contemplating is not a good choice."
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"Your choices are very essential; without a better choice, you are risking to drive a destination whose name you know, but address you forget!"
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"To Be Part Of The Restoration Is A Decision."
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"Options abound in our world. You can choose where to stay and how to stay there. Where you are Today is as a result of the option you took yesterday and no doubt where you will be Tomorrow is embedded in your option Today. Choose right; choose wisely, Take THE BEST OPTION. The Best Option will deliver your inheritance to you. It will change your state and deliver to you, your brand new estate. You do not blame anyone for failing to do it right the first time. You accept the blame. The Best Option will cause you to get it right the first time and always."
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"The thorny path to greatness is better than the rosy path to mediocrity."
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"I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision."
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"My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a particular problem."
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"Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played little or no role, I believe, in this decision to explore theory!"
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"After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began."
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"My mother used to wheel me about the campus when we lived in that neighborhood and, as she recounted years later, she would tell me that I would go to McGill."
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"After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention a problem in polyelectrolytes."
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"About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close - there was too much to do on the theoretical aspects - and I began the process of winding down the experiments."
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"My education at Baron Byng High School was excellent, with dedicated masters (boys and girls were separate)."
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"During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry."
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"Life would be indeed easier if the experimentalists would only pause for a little while!"
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"I have always loved going to school."
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