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Quotation of the Day for October 8, 2011"[W]e can see the nature of the flaw which made his life ultimately tragic. His flaw was restlessness, an inborn inability to be idle. Intervals of idleness are probably essential to creative work on the highest level. Shakespeare, we are told, was habitually idle between plays. Oppenheimer was hardly ever idle." - Freeman Dyson, on J. Robert Oppenheimer, from the essay "Oppenheimer" in the book From Eros to Gaia. Submitted by: Kathleen Magone Oct. 5, 2011  |
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