Richard Feynman (1918–1988) American theoretical physicist
volume I; lecture 1, "Atoms in Motion"; section 1-1, "Introduction"; p. 1-1
The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1964)
“You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there.”
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