Nelson Goodman Quotes
For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false. Not this course, but any other, requires explanation. If you want to go somewhere quickly, and several alternate routes are equally likely to be open, no one asks why you take the shortest. The simplest theory is to be chosen not because it is the most likely to be true but because it is scientifically the most rewarding among equally likely alternatives. We aim at simplicity and hope for truth.
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If you're in a hit movie, it's good to be in another hit movie straight away.
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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If I get in a dark spot, I'll listen to some Adele and cry about it.
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Books about spies and traitors - and the congressional hearings that follow the exposure of traitors - generally assume that false-negative errors are much worse than false-positive errors.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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I was very skinny, braces; so I never thought I would be a model.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
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All my films have some kind of statement about something - but I have to coat it with entertainment to make it palatable. Otherwise it becomes a polemic, and people don't want to see it. If you're trying to get a message out to people, you've got to entertain them at the same time.
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I approach 'Fast & Furious 6' the same way I would approach a Sidney Lumet film. Getting into character's getting into character.
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Many Lexington natives believe they live in a special place, one impossible to leave. I'm not so sure about that - or it's more accurate to say I think a more general truth exists beneath it: the place you first call home stays with you always, whether you remain or go.
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Men don't pay you for sex, they pay you to leave after sex.
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My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.
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The daily calendar seemed, to me, like a kind of cartoon black hole, and you didn't have to be a rocket scientist to know that that couldn't be sustained indefinitely. That's why I pulled the plug on that one after the '02 edition. Kind of a preemptive strike.
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I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself.
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For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false. Not this course, but any other, requires explanation. If you want to go somewhere quickly, and several alternate routes are equally likely to be open, no one asks why you take the shortest. The simplest theory is to be chosen not because it is the most likely to be true but because it is scientifically the most rewarding among equally likely alternatives. We aim at simplicity and hope for truth.
