Isaiah Berlin Quotes
Few new truths have ever won their way against the resistance of established ideas save by being overstated.
Isaiah Berlin
Quotes to Explore
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Among the lesser effects of quantum theory are gaping holes in old ideas about causality.
Ian Hacking
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There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too.
Olivia Thirlby
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Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and magical claims that never get tested, while their students derange themselves with weird ideas, empty rituals, and other affectations.
Sam Harris
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I love discovering compelling new ideas and doing what I can to help spread the word about them.
Adam Grant
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Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of the business, unfortunately.
Edith Head
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There was no Internet, not even many cookbooks except the old reference books. So we would sit down at night, a group of six chefs, and we'd exchange recipes and each talk about how we were doing things. It was the only way to learn new ideas.
Daniel Boulud
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When we fail to live up to our ideals, for instance, we might begin to wonder who we are - most people are aware of a discrepancy, I think. There are idiosyncrasies and foibles, but we're not sure if these are essential. Some people think they are the most essential things of all.
Quentin S. Crisp
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We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love.
Stevie Nicks
Fleetwood Mac
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I want to make clear that the SPD has to begin to understand that they did not win the election, they lost the vote.
Edmund Stoiber
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John you are not being open with me.
Elizabeth Proctor
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Science has penetrated the constitution of nature, and unrolled the mysterious pages of its history, and started again many, as yet, unanswered questions in respect to the mutual relations of matter and spirit, of nature and of God.
Noah Porter
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Few new truths have ever won their way against the resistance of established ideas save by being overstated.
Isaiah Berlin