Somebody once asked Niels Bohr why he had a horseshoe hanging above the front door of his house. "Surely you, a world famous physicist, can't really believe that hanging a horseshoe above your door brings you luck?". "Of course not," Bohr replied, "but I have been reliably informed that it will bring me luck whether I believe in it or not." - Neils Bohr

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Neils Bohr: "Somebody once asked Niels Bohr why he had a horseshoe hanging above the front door of his house.
"Surely you, a world famous physicist, can't really believe that hanging a horseshoe above your door brings you luck?".

"Of course not," Bohr replied, "but I have been reliably informed that it will bring me luck whether I believe in it or not.""

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Above	Asked	Believe	Bohr
Bring	Brings	Cant	Course
Door	Famous	Front	Hanging
Horseshoe	House	Informed	Luck
Niels	Once	Physicist	Really
Reliably	Replied	Somebody	Surely
Whether	World	Your

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