Peter Higgs The first interview I gave to the press was in 1987 when some people thought a previous machine at Cern, called LEP, might have enough energy to produce the particle. – Peter Higgs Called Quotes Cern Quotes Energy Quotes Interview Quotes Lep Quotes Machine Quotes Particle Quotes People Quotes Press Quotes Previous Quotes Produce Quotes The Nobel Prize has been a disturbance at the beginning of October for some years. It would be gratifying to win, but it would be quite an ordeal, too, with all the events which go on for two days. I’d think carefully about what I was doing the day it is announced and maybe not be around, or be around, but elsewhere. It shouldn’t be a Higgs field. If it’s anybody’s, it should be Goldstone field, I think. When Nambu wrote his short paper in 1960, Jeffrey Goldstone of Cambridge University, who was visiting Cern, heard about it. He then wrote a paper which was conceptually similar to what Nambu had done, but a simpler model.
Michael Gruber But there’s the paradox of fiction – why do you cry when a fake character dies? It’s the basis of art. You engage with people who don’t exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives. – Michael Gruber
Kanye West You know what should be banned? Stuff that’s whack. The world is controversial. The world is classist. The world is racist. – Kanye West
Lisa Marie Presley I would describe my aesthetic as definitely personal and harmonious with an eclectic yet bohemian sensibility. – Lisa Marie Presley
Geoff Dyer In history books, or the one about the guy who cut his hand off to get out of a canyon in Utah, you really want them to be accurate. But my stuff is such small beer by comparison. – Geoff Dyer
David Coverdale I saw what Purple meant to people and I still hear it now when I’m in Europe. I’m always shocked that I’m still asked about Purple because it was such a long time ago. – David Coverdale
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