"There is a sort of mythology that grows up about what happened, which is different from what really did happen."

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Source : "Peter Higgs: the man behind the boson". Physics World, July 10, 2004.

Peter Higgs

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“When it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can't think any more.”
“On the New England Patriots losing the Super Bowl after going 18-0: We set high expectations, now we go down as 18-1, and that is one big zit. It is one big blemish. We choked.”
“Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits. (January 11)”

Source : "Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy". Book by Sarah Ban Breathnach, 2008.
“No [movie is really worth watching] which does not either impart valuable knowledge; or set before us some ideal of beauty, strength, or nobility of character. There are enough [great movies] to occupy us during all our short and busy years. If we are wise, we will resolutely avoid all but the richest and the best.”
“So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work.”
“Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is as unfair as only sport can be.”

Source : Philip Guedalla (1921). “Supers & supermen: studies in politics, history and letters”
“Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job.”
“If a man is going to leave one wife to marry another, it's better if he divorces the first before he marries the second.”

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