"Quantum mechanics is just completely strange and counterintuitive. We can't believe that things can be here [in one place] and there [in another place] at the same time. And yet that's a fundamental piece of quantum mechanics. So then the question is, life is dealing us weird lemons, can we make some weird lemonade from this?"

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Source : "A Quantum Leap in Computing". NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. July 21, 2011.

Seth Lloyd

#Believe Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.”
“I think there are white alumni out there who wouldn't mind having an African American president of their school, but would be reluctant to have an African American coach, because he represents the school so. I think it's just sheer backward racism.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I love making independent movies, and that's pretty much what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my years”
“When the president decides something on Monday, he still believes it on Wednesday.. no matter what happened Tuesday.”
“Our minds are like crows. They pick up everything that glitters, no matter how uncomfortable our nests get with all that metal in them.”
“As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.”
“Whosoever assumes a religious garb pleases not God even a bit. O ye men, understand this clearly in your minds, that God is attained not through showmanship. They who practice deceit, attain not Deliverance in the Hereafter. They do so only to accomplish the affairs of the world and even the kings worship them for their appearance! But through showmanship, God is attained not, howsoever one searches. He who subdues his mind alone recognizes the Transcendent God.”
“But the important thing about learning to wait, I feel sure, is to know what you are waiting for.”

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