Latest Lisa Randall Quotes from Interviews

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• Probably if you look like Tyra Banks, it probably is hard, even if you are really smart, for people to take - it surprises some.

  Lisa Randall

  Smart, People, Looks

  "Not My Job: Physics Professor Lisa Randall Gets Quizzed On Phys Ed". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. November 21, 2015.

• I had this illusion that if I kind of dressed badly that I wouldn't stand out. You know, so I actually went out of my way to not look different to the extent I could.

  Lisa Randall

  Different, Looks, Way

  "Not My Job: Physics Professor Lisa Randall Gets Quizzed On Phys Ed". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. November 21, 2015.

• Sometimes models are surprisingly smart.

  Lisa Randall

  Smart, Sometimes, Models

  "Not My Job: Physics Professor Lisa Randall Gets Quizzed On Phys Ed". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. November 21, 2015.

• Maybe dark matter is denser than we usually assume, kind of like the Milky Way plane.

  Lisa Randall

  Dark, Matter, Way

  "Not My Job: Physics Professor Lisa Randall Gets Quizzed On Phys Ed". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. November 21, 2015.

• I did not set out to explain the extinction of the dinosaurs. I'm a particle physicist, and I was actually thinking about dark matter along with some collaborators.

  Lisa Randall

  Dark, Thinking, Dinosaurs

  "Not My Job: Physics Professor Lisa Randall Gets Quizzed On Phys Ed". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. November 21, 2015.

• All the normal matter in the Milky Way disc is denser than the dark matter that surrounds it.

  Lisa Randall

  Dark, Matter, Way

  "Not My Job: Physics Professor Lisa Randall Gets Quizzed On Phys Ed". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. November 21, 2015.

• Basically, I wasn't properly socialized, so it made sense to do physics.

  Lisa Randall

  Physics, Made

  "Not My Job: Physics Professor Lisa Randall Gets Quizzed On Phys Ed". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. November 21, 2015.

• I'm not creating the universe. I'm creating a model of the universe, which may or may not be true.

  Lisa Randall

  Creating, May, Being True

  "Not My Job: Physics Professor Lisa Randall Gets Quizzed On Phys Ed". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. November 21, 2015.