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"A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision."
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"Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do."

"Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end."

"There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory."

"Theories crumble, but good observations never fade."

"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."

"I became intrigued with colour theory. The absurd pronouncements of the Colour Institute, a group that decides what colours are hot each year or season, amused me."

"I have this theory- that if we're told we're bad, then that's the only ideal we'll ever have."

"If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory."
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"If the theory turns out to be right, that will be tremendously thick and tasty icing on the cake."

"Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer."

"Physicists are more like avant-garde composers, willing to bend traditional rules... Mathematicians are more like classical composers."

"We can certainly go further than cats, but why should it be that our brains are somehow so suited to the universe that our brains will be able to understand the deepest workings?"

"A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision."

"I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe."

"How can a speck of a universe be physically identical to the great expanse we view in the heavens above?"

"The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers."
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