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“Therefore psychologically we must keep all the theories in our heads, and every theoretical physicist who is any good knows six or seven different theoretical representations for exactly the same physics.”

Knows Different Theory Six Seven Physics Representation Physicist Theoretical

Book:The Quotable Feynman

Source: The Quotable Feynman

“I made a point to not read too far ahead with the first six or seven episodes of any show. I would read the outlines, but I didn't really want to read scripts too far in advance because I didn't really want to get ahead of myself, at all. To be honest, I don't have the time to come up with theories.”

Want Firsts Made Shows Honest Theory Six Seven Scripts Come Up Being Honest Episodes Outlines Get Ahead

Author:Simon Baker

“I have a theory that since everyone is always dieting, no one at a convention dinner ever eats the potatoes. Therefore, they go back to the kitchen uneaten. And the next night they reappear at another convention. Therefore, one should never eat the potatoes. Who knows? They may be six or seven years old.”

Knows Should Years May Night Next Food Theory Six Seven Dinner Kitchen Conventions Potatoes Seven Years Dieting

Author:Lois Wyse

“Women and negroes, being seven-twelfths of the people, are a majority; and according to our republican theory, are the rightful rulers of the nation.”

People Nations Theory Republican Majority Seven Rulers Womens Rights

Book:Address in favor of Universal Suffrage, for the Election of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, etc

Source: Address in favor of Universal Suffrage, for the Election of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, etc

“Berkshire's whole record has been achieved without paying one ounce of attention to the efficient market theory in its hard form. And not one ounce of attention to the descendants of that idea, which came out of academic economics and went into corporate finance and morphed into such obscenities as the capital asset pricing model, which we also paid no attention to. I think you'd have to believe in the tooth fairy to believe that you could easily outperform the market by seven-percentage points per annum just by investing in high volatility stocks.”

“I was listening to stuff and I realized that I've had a lot of different lives. You know the theory [that says] every seven years, you have a different life? I think that's true.”

Thinking Knows Years Different Stuff Theory Listening Seven I Realized Seven Years Different Life

Author:Billy Joel

“String theories, for instance, they require seven additional dimensions. So, as experimentalists we should, with our high-tech instruments like the Large Hadron Collider, just listen to nature and to what nature wants to tell us.”

Want Should Theory Instruments Seven Instance Dimensions Strings Just Listen String Theory

Author:Fabiola Gianotti

“In real life, when you have an emotional experience, it's never just because of the thing that's been said. There's the backstory. It's like [Ernest] Hemingway's iceberg theory - the current emotional moment is the tip of the iceberg and all of the past is the seven-eighths of the iceberg that's underwater.”

Said Real Moments Past Emotional Theory Seven Currents Real Life Underwater Iceberg Tip Of The Iceberg

Author:George Saunders