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"A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory."
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"I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy theory."

"I know what theory... the possibility of impossibility."

"The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual."

"Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve."

"My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it."

"My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing."

"A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories."

"Things are still in early stages, but one can imagine that as we build up and systematize our theories of these associations, and try to boil them down to their core, the result might point us toward the sort of fundamental principles I advocate."
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"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is."

"A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant."

"A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory."
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