Charles Sanders Peirce Quotes
The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

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The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though.
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When discs form around stars, there is interaction of angular momentum between disc, planets and parent star, and this interaction affects the rotation of the parent star, and that will affect the lithium abundance.
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To people of my generation, the picture show was really another dimension - sensual, whimsical. No uniforms or collective rites, but a place where little boys like me could laugh and feel free.
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My music has a high irritation factor. I've always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics about eccentric people. Often it was a joke. But I would plead guilty on the grounds that I prefer eccentricity to the bland.
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President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.
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I know that I have a special stomach.
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No one likes change but babies in diapers.
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I will not go into a story unprepared. I will do my homework, and that's something I learned at an early age.
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And now may the blessing of God rest upon all men. I have told unto them the Epic of Kings, and the Epic of Kings is come to a close, and the tale of their deeds is ended.
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I ran two campaigns for governor in a state that's 2-1 Democrat where I did not mention my opponent in print, radio, or television. I don't know if any other politician at a gubernatorial, congressional, or a senatorial level can make the claim.
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I knew no one who'd ever been in the public eye.
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I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that's why I don't always fit into the world of performing arts.
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The Republican platform specifically says we don't believe in bailing out private business, and yet we did.
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Tonight, you are hearing from the Democratic women of the Senate... We stand together on so many issues: economic prosperity, quality education for all, protecting a woman's right to choose.
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There is a kind of desperate need for somebody to tell everyone what to do, which I find really peculiar in America. And then when you tell them, they're not interested, because it's also a country where everybody's opinion is their opinion, and they really don't give a damn what you think. So it's a very odd experience.
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I'm a working stiff. I just happened to be around at the right time, and nobody else wanted the job.
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It was the same with the whole Russian machine. Fear was the impulse. For them it was always safer to advance than retreat. Advance against the enemy and the bullet might miss you. Retreat, evade, betray and the bullet would never miss.
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I realized the wood was better before I cut it, than after. I did not improve it in any way by carving it.
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I'm so southern Ohio. And Cleveland is a different world, you know?
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When the soul hears no other calls than those of the sweet chaos of daily good and evil.
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It's not like the world No.1 spot is always in my mind.
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There is a pool of references in New York and Los Angeles that are almost exclusively drawn from the media, from the world of television and advertising.
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If you have sense enough to realize why flies gather around a restaurant, you should be able to appreciate why men run for office.
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The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.