Quote by Paul Dirac
I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and wr

I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition. – Paul Dirac

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I should like to suggest to you that the cause of all the economic troubles is that we have an economic system which tries to maintain an equality of value between two things, which it would be better to recognise from the beginning as of unequal value. – Paul Dirac

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Equality
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It seems that if one is working from the point of view of getting beauty in ones equations, and if one has really a sound insight, one is on a sure line of progress. – Paul Dirac

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Beauty
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Poetry
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I have always written poetry but I have never applied it to songwriting. – Janine Turner

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Poetry

Poets are candid. They tell us not under an abstract, but an individual form, in which reality breathes, what humanity thinks in the most secret recesses of its mind. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Poetry

You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just whats in your heart. – Carol Ann Duffy

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Poetry

Ive never read a political poem thats accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants. – Howard Nemerov

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Poetry

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The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions. – Nhat Hanh

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Peace

A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. – Leopold Stokowski

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Music

To have the chance to see your music be elevated and to have almost universally positive response to that music, makes me feel better every day. I feel more confident and inspired, and thats fun. – John Legend

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positive

Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality. – Gloria Steinem

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Pornography