George Boole Quotes
The principles of the theory of probabilities cannot serve to guide us in the election of... scientific hypotheses.
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Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.
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To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground - and to get everybody on the same page - was accomplished by the sheer force of Dave Petraeus' will.
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Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.
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My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it.
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Truth never pleads or compromises or wavers. It invites and awaits your acceptance.
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The health benefits of paid sick days policies are obvious. They prevent the spread of disease. But the impact is wider. If a working mom or dad loses a job because of sickness, the family may slip into poverty.
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This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won't get it back later.
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I'm the third of five children.
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I think that what made people accept Starbuck as a woman was that she was just such an interesting character. I think that once people put their guard down and their preconceived notions of what the show is supposed to be and just allowed it to really be good science fiction.
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Why did mainstream America come to accept marriage equality? Gay leaders had made a convincing case that gay families were like straight families and should have the same rights. The American spirit of fair play had been invoked.
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Serial killing is not about sex at all, but about power and control and revenge on society.
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I was born in South Bend, and I've been a Hoosier all my life.
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What's great about having an audience is they can let you know what they don't think is funny, and you can just cut that out and keep trying.
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The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.
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I love musical theater so much. When done right, I think comedy songs can be the most efficient form of joke delivery. Songs can be the most efficient and the best forms of conveying emotion. Music is universal. It's worldwide.
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Enemies of Syria are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.
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We are specially designed to appeal to the sense of humour.
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'I want to know what the devil you mean by keeping coming into my private apartment, taking up space which I require for other purposes and interrupting me when I am chatting with my personal friends. Really one gets about as much privacy in this house as a strip-tease dancer.'
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Three years ago he was an honest, self-denying youth, ready to devote himself to every good cause; now he was a corrupt and refined egotist, given over to personal enjoyment. … And all this terrible transformation took place in him only because he ceased to have faith in himself, and began to believe in others.
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We end up producing the opposite of what we intended, and turn our children into unpopular, isolated adults.
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In each of my homes, I have a leopard room. I don't know why, but I do. It's like my lounge next to the dressing rooms.
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My No. 1 artistic inspiration in theater is Brian Stokes Mitchell.
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The principles of the theory of probabilities cannot serve to guide us in the election of... scientific hypotheses.
