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" There are women for whom family is a priority, and they do it. It just wasn't as much a priority for me. "

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" The process of science is difficult and challenging. It involves always being aware that your ideas might be right or they might be wrong. I think it's that kind of balance that makes science so interesting. "

" We live in a world where there are many risks, and it's high time we start taking seriously which ones we should be worried about. "

" I really like that my work is getting more people interested in science. "

" What makes me different as a scientist is that I'm kind of imaginative. The ideas just happen. "

" When I was in school, I liked math because all the problems had answers. Everything else seemed very subjective. "

" We have this very clean picture of science, you know, these well-established rules with which we make predictions. But when you're really doing science, when you're doing research, you're at the edge of what we know. "

" I would say it's important for scientists to speak out when they can and when they can be listened to. "

" I don't think we have reached a point where art really translates into science. Perhaps for some people, having good visuals can help translate into science. "

" I do theoretical particle physics. We're trying to understand the most basic structure of matter. And the way you do that is you have to look at really small distances. And to get to small distances, you need high energies. "

" You have principles. You test them as accurately as you can. Eventually, they might break down. "

" In fairness, I don't think that everyone understands what I say, but I think they understand part of it and part of what the issues are... Just the same way that people like a good painting, I think people really like understanding, knowing about the world. "

" Scientific experiments are expensive, and people are entitled to know about them if they want to. I think it is very difficult to convey ideas. "

" I started out working on supersymmetry. The theory predicts that for every particle we know about, there will be an additional particle. "

" When you're reaching out to people beyond the scientific community, image does matter. "

" Creativity is essential to particle physics, cosmology, and to mathematics, and to other fields of science, just as it is to its more widely acknowledged beneficiaries - the arts and humanities. "

" There could be more to the universe than the three dimensions we are familiar with. They are hidden from us in some way, perhaps because they're tiny or warped. But even if they're invisible, they could affect what we actually observe in the universe. "

" I was always good at math, but I was good at everything. It sounds obnoxious, but I was just smart. In school, it's kind of obvious when you're learning things faster than other kids. "

" If you are a responsible scientist, you are going to present your new results in a paper, and maybe if, over time, things are established, and it's prime time for the public to hear about it, then you include it in a book. "

" The thing I will say is that probably culturally, women are treated differently, which means, I think, you're criticized more, you have to listen a little bit more, you have to justify yourself. "

" Most physicists like myself won't believe the result until every possible caveat has been investigated and/or the result is confirmed elsewhere. "

" Organized religion and musicals present tenets to live by that don't entirely make sense but, on the whole, make people who believe them secure, thus giving an appearance of inclusiveness. "

" I considered going into business or becoming a lawyer - not for the money, but for the thrill of problem-solving. "

" You can be only a modest distance away from the gravity brane, and gravity will be incredibly weak. "

" You learn that the interest is in what you don't yet know and that theories evolve. But we nonetheless have progress and improved knowledge over time. "

" When I came to Harvard, I was debating between math and science, and I guess I thought in the end I wanted something that could connect to the real world. I liked puzzle-solving and connections. "

" What I do is very theoretical. It won't necessarily have implications for anything anyone is doing tomorrow, yet you know that there's a sense of progress in science, and as we understand more, it just turns out that, somehow, the world evolves with us. "

" Religion can have psychological and social roles, but in terms of really explaining how things work, science works differently. Science is based on material elements at the core. "

" The standard model of particle physics describes forces and particles very well, but when you throw gravity into the equation, it all falls apart. You have to fudge the figures to make it work. "

" You have to be careful when you use beauty as a guide. There are many theories people didn't think were beautiful at the time but did find beautiful later - and vice versa. "

" If you keep telling girls they're less good at science, that will probably be self-fulfilling. But there are quite a lot of women who are good at it. "