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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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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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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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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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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The outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care.
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Why can't a woman be more like a man?
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Those who deny the first principle should be flogged or burned until they admit that it is not the same thing to be burned and not burned, or whipped and not whipped.
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How do you change the world? Bring people together. Where is the easiest big place to bring people together? In the work environment.
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My parents instilled a strong work ethic early on in my life.
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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.
