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"The basic theory in twistor theory is not to add extra dimensions."
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"Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more."
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"And these little things may not seem like much but after a while they take you off on a direction where you may be a long way off from what other people have been thinking about."
"My own way of thinking is to ponder long and I hope deeply on problems and for a long time which I keep away for years and years and I never really let them go."
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