MAJORANA: There are scientists who "happen" only once in every 500 years, like Archimedes or Newton. And there are scientists who happen only once or twice in a century, like Einstein or Bohr.

FERMI: But where do I come in, Majorana?

MAJORANA: Be reasonable, Enrico! I am not talking about you or me. I am talking about Einstein and Bohr.
S. Chandrasekhar (1983 Nobel Laureate in Physics)
Truth and Beauty (1987); Source: A Centennial Report: MRS Bulletin 2000

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