I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me.

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I have lived much of my life among molecules. They are good company.

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Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime.

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Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality.

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A lecture is much more of a dialogue than many of you probably realize.

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The only use for an atomic bomb is to keep somebody else from using one.

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I tell my students to try early in life to find an unattainable objective.

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The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.

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And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense.

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I think all of you know there is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack.

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