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Re: Albert Einstein said..."If you oppose my theories, you're..."

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Anon Y. Mouse wrote:
> 
> On 3/29/2017 3:17 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> > Anon Y. Mouse wrote:
> >>
> >> On 3/28/2017 1:16 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> > ""Why were men of science opposed
> > to your theory when you first made it
> > known ?"
> > "No men of science," he replied, em
> > phasizing the last'word, "were against
> > the theory."
> > "But there was some opposition?"
> > "Yes," was the quiet reply, "but that
> > was purely political. Even the physi
> > cists who opposed my theory did so for
> >  political reasons?in my opinion, o'
> >  course."
> > "What do you mean when you say
> > the opposition was political?"
> > "Anti-Semitism," was the scientist's
> > answer. "Because I am a Jew." ""
> >
> >
> > Okay, here is more of what Albert Einstein was thinking:
> >
> > Reporter: "Why were men of science opposed
> > to your theory when you first made it
> > known ?"
> >
> > Einstein: 'No fucking men of SCIENCE were against the theory.'
> >
> > Reporter: "But there was some opposition?"
> >
> > Einstein:  'Yeah, but that
> > was motherfuckin purely political. Even those fucking physi
> > cists who opposed my theory did so for
> >  stupid political reasons, that's a fact jack.'
> >
> >
> > Reporter: "What do you mean when you say
> > the opposition was political?"
> >
> >
> > Einstein: 'They are fuckin Anti-Semitics. Fuckin Jew Haters!  Because they know I'm a fucking Jew.'
> >
> >
> > 'If you oppose dare my theories, you're a fuckin anti-semitic.'
> > is what Albert Einstein was ...thinking.
> >
> >
> >
> > In other words, if you want to say what a person said, you use double quotes.
> >
> >
> > If you want to say what they are thinking...you use single quotes.
> 
> Was that a rule you just made up?
> 

In Copy-Editing, Judith Butcher points out that some writers have their own system of quotation marks, e.g., 
double quotation marks for speech and single quotation marks for thoughts.

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