John Wilkins Quotes
Science doesn't deliver even that much "truth"; it delivers empirically adequate generalisations, and that is all we need.
John Wilkins
Quotes to Explore
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You graduate from film school and move to Hollywood. Hollywood tells you, 'We're not the place for you to make films,' so you decide you have to make a film yourself.
Barry Jenkins
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
Marc Almond
Soft Cell
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When I was a kid, we never had a videogame in my house. But my cousin did, and each time I went to her house I was able to play 'Tetris' and 'Mario.' Those were the only two games I played as a child.
Olga Kurylenko
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Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don't have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they've had the opportunities.
Zubin Mehta
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Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try to do is to spend time together alone. And one of the things we really enjoy doing together is seeing a good movie.
Warren Christopher
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For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English.
Zhang Yimou
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No matter what you do, it can't be perfect. I told Jack White, 'If I'd 'a sung that song more'n twice, it might of sounded better.' He said, 'Well, it might not of. You might have took the spark out of it.' I don't know if he has a point or not. We'll find out.
Loretta Lynn
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[When asked how many husbands she'd had:] Two of my own, my dear, and several of my friends'.
Dagmar Godowsky
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I'm still just a kid learning about minimalism, and he's a master of it. It's just really such a blessing, to be able to work with him. I want to say that after working with Rick, it humbled me to realize why I hadn't - even though I produced "Watch the Throne"; even though I produced "Dark Fantasy" - why I hadn't won Album of the Year yet.
Kanye West
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Their lips were four red roses on a stalk.
William Shakespeare
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The only sin is stupidity.
Oscar Wilde
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We are in the greatest danger of being run over when we have just gotten out of the way of a carriage.
Friedrich Nietzsche