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"Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more."
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"Verbal and nonverbal activity is a unified whole, and theory and methodology should be organized or created to treat it as such."
"The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual."
"On the basis of Lorentz's theory, if we limit ourselves to a single spectral line, it suffices to assume that each atom (or molecule) contains a single moving electron."
"There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory."
"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."
"The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage."
"Entropy theory, on the other hand, is not concerned with the probability of succession in a series of items but with the overall distribution of kinds of items in a given arrangement."
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"Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists."
"Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side."
"The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'."
"We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries."
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