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"'Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all bad."
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"Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and an equipment problem."
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"When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle."
"I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter a new era of unlimited power that would do away with the need to dam our beautiful streams."
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