Gaston Bachelard Quotes
Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea that is valid.
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I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.
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I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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I think it's really important whilst you're a young actor to try as many new things as possible... to try and do something you haven't necessarily been seen doing before.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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I'm really proud that the LGBT community has gotten behind me because, as I said, I am part of the community, so I do as much as I possibly can for our community and for our rights, so it's nice that everyone is supporting me as well.
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I always played sports when I was young. I played football and baseball for eight years. I loved football.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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I'm an outsider.
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
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Consciousness begins when brains acquire the power, the simple power I must add, of telling a story.
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I always want objects in my home that have a connection to me or something I've loved. It's still stuff, but it's stuff that has meaning.
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I think in rural settings, people have a different appreciation for animals than might the city dweller. In parts of India where poisonous snake bite is common, people have a much different value system. I live in a city. I'm not thinking about wolves, lions, etc.
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Israel will not get everything it asks for...I firmly believe that the actions that Israel's government has taken over the past several years - the steady and systematic expansion of settlements, the legalization of outposts, land seizures - they're moving us, and, more importantly, they're moving Israel in the wrong direction
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Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea that is valid.
