C. F. Powell famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Any device in science is a window on to nature, and each new window contributes to the breadth of our view.
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Those placed in the position which I now occupy, commonly feel concern about their worthiness to receive the great honour which has been done them.
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How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers.
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The particular features of the photographic method of detecting atomic particles enabled us to establish the existence of transient forms of matter which had escaped recognition by other methods.
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If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution.
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Upon the subject of education ... I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.
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If we build more windows and fewer walls, we will have more friends.
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A thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker.
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When held up to the window pane, What fixed my baby stare? The glory of the glittering rain, And newness everywhere.
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As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.
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Emotion is the best mnemonic device.
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I finally chalked it up to the fact that the brain is truly an extraordinary device: more extraordinary than we can even guess.
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Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us.
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We expect the market for convergence devices to double to 100 million units in 2006,
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