S. Jay Olshansky Quotes

The evolutionary theory of senescence can be stated as follows: while bodies are not designed to fail, neither are they designed for extended operation.

S. Jay Olshansky

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• In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

  

  Yogi Berra
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• We have confirmed something we only knew in theory, namely that revolution, in which uncontrolled and uncontrollable forces operate imperiously, is blind and destructive, grandiose and cruel.

  

  Federica Montseny
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• In Hollywood, marriages are kind of expected to fail.

  

  Gabrielle Union
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• I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
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• Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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• Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself.

  

  Walter Lang
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• Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.

  

  Umberto Eco
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• I was an animator for a while early on, but a 2D animator.

  

  Dan Scanlon
  • Early
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• If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • You
  • Succeed
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• Screaming is hard after a while.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Hard
  • While
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• Many, many, many small moves of many kinds can bring a way to manage change. The theory can come later.

  

  Flora Lewis
  • Small
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• There are people out there who want me to fail, who want Jude to fail, who want our relationship to fail.

  

  Sadie Frost
  • People
  • Want
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• You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

  

  Harold S. Geneen
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• I've never seen hard work fail.

  

  Zach LaVine
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• The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.

  

  Walt Whitman
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• I had kind of sworn off network TV a while ago.

  

  Hank Azaria
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• I really like using my Samsung (005930:KS) tablet. I previously used the Motorola Xoom for a while and liked that.

  

  Larry Page
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• I'm a bit of a romantic. In theory!

  

  Olga Kurylenko
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• I feel that, as an actor, you're constantly working to become better, which I love, but with painting, I can fail on my own terms. There's a freedom in that, so that's why I love to paint.

  

  J. August Richards
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• You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would.

  

  Muhammad Ali
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  • Know
  • Fighting

• To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute.

  

  Vladimir Nabokov
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• Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame.

  

  Jonathan Swift
  • Wisdom
  • Regard
  • False Proof

• I was thinking I would surprise these guys and get a big enough lead that they couldn't catch me. I didn't stay as focused the last 400 meters. I was out in front on my own for so long, I sort of lulled myself to sleep.

  

  Alan Webb
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  • Lead
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• The evolutionary theory of senescence can be stated as follows: while bodies are not designed to fail, neither are they designed for extended operation.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Theory
  • Fail
  • While